> This makes me think about that "Dad, how do I?" YouTube channel that made headlines a few years back. People seem to be fine with such a thing existing, they don't seem to be lamenting that people might go to that channel instead of asking their own fathers.

Didn't that guy start his channel because he didn't have a father growing up? Seems like important context.

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Lerc 28 minutes ago | parent | next [-]

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	▲	LetsGetTechnicl 15 minutes ago \| parent [-]
		What the fuck?

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Brendinooo 34 minutes ago | parent | prev [-]

Right, that's my point exactly! Sorry I didn't mention it.

It's a channel that increases access to knowledge for those who wouldn't otherwise have it, but disrupts a status quo in a way that some might find harmful. But in that case people seemed to pretty universally recognize that the pros outweighed the cons.

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happytoexplain 25 minutes ago | parent | next [-]

Analogies are almost always a distraction.

A YouTube channel about stuff your dad might know does not have the same potential for negative impact on human interaction as genAI. And the author never even claims "the cons outweigh the pros". Maybe they feel that way, but the dangers they advise against are absolutely real and do not require a broad stance like "everybody who ever uses AI should feel bad" in order to recognize those dangers. I use AI every single day, yet I do not feel the least bit browbeaten and my heart bleeds in agreement with this blog post.

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elric 22 minutes ago | parent | prev [-]

> disrupts a status quo in a way that some might find harmful

I love a good strawman argument myself, but this is just madness. Who the heck finds substitute "dad advice" harmful?

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Brendinooo 17 minutes ago | parent [-]

Right! Neither do I find it inherently harmful to ask Claude for a recipe instead of calling your friend.

The author of the poem, however, is clearly portraying that as a negative.

	▲	happytoexplain 14 minutes ago \| parent [-]
		That is correct - this is the whole story. Everything else you've portrayed the author as saying is misleading. The author believes if you have a friend who cooks, see if they have a recipe. You believe there's no harm in going straight to Claude in the same scenario. That's the whole disagreement.