ai good cos some ppl bad.

throw4847285 17 minutes ago | parent | next [-]

I've been calling it the "AI argument from misanthropy" but that's way more succinct. Thanks.

What really drives me crazy is how laden it is with negative emotions, and then people pretend it's just a rational assessment of the world. I was told growing up that if you're anxious or negative, it's just because you are smart and you understand how terrible everything is, while stupid people are happy. Seems like a lot of people got a similar message, and now they're shilling AI.

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scotty79 an hour ago | parent | prev [-]

AI good cos vastly better than most people at most verbal tasks.

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glouwbug 40 minutes ago | parent [-]

Those low quality lawyers and doctors are still vastly more capable than a layperson at verifying AI output

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mittensc 38 minutes ago | parent [-]

Those low quality lawyers/doctors still won't care enough to help the layperson.

So for the layperson, the AI output is still useful. They'll know to search for a different lawyer/doctor.

Tool just brings more knowledge to regular people.

It's like discovering search engine 20+ years ago.

	▲	glouwbug 2 minutes ago \| parent \| next [-]
		The whole point is that the layperson is not classically trained to know right from wrong which is the entire thesis of knowledge share. Even post doctorate students are required to have their work peer reviewed. It’s why anthropic and OpenAI put disclaimers below their chat prompts
	▲	Tade0 15 minutes ago \| parent \| prev \| next [-]
		> Those low quality lawyers/doctors still won't care enough to help the layperson. I had a pediatrician who I regarded as generally low quality until she correctly identified scarlet fever in my child, while AI and a doctor in training we knew didn't.
	▲	scotty79 19 minutes ago \| parent \| prev [-]
		Recently some I know came up with a statement "AI is like opening borders, like abolishing visas." I think it's very perceptive and you can even view reactions to AI through that lens. Somehow both, the "immigrants" are taking our jobs but they are way worse than all of us at them. And the people from outside any given domain (art, coding, law) that advent of AI suddenly let into it, marvel at this land of opportunities, empowerment and self-reliance that used to be outside of their reach before that.