Is the hard evidence of AI being a net improvement for society in the room with us now?

rickydroll 44 minutes ago | parent | next [-]

If I'm in the room, yes. For me, AI is one, is the best handicap accessibility tool I've ever had. At a minimum, speech recognition is a higher quality, and second, it lets me write code again. I'm working on the third benefit, which is it helps me organize, helps my ADHD mind organize large chunks of random information.

If you look around, you'll find the AI has made some significant improvements to medicine and engineering. These improvements get drowned out by the AI Cheerleaders, but they're there.

	▲	jameslars 7 minutes ago \| parent \| next [-]
		I like this argument/reasoning more than any I've encountered so far. Thank you! Enabling the disabled is definitely a positive and this is a strong argument for the "pro AI" column.
	▲	bluefirebrand 11 minutes ago \| parent \| prev [-]
		> helps my ADHD mind organize large chunks of random information. I keep seeing this and I'm pretty envious! You must have a different form of ADHD than I do. For me, trying to use AI to build anything is terrible for my attention, it turns everything into a miserable slog because it's so hands off. I miss getting into flow.

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aspenmartin 39 minutes ago | parent | prev [-]

Depends, is the net improvement of the internet, electricity, agriculture, steam engine also in the room?

	▲	gensym 20 minutes ago \| parent \| next [-]
		I don't understand that this argument. Why does the net improvement of the technologies listed imply that AI will also have a net improvement? Are you just arguing that there's no such thing as technology that is harmful on net?
	▲	nancyminusone 27 minutes ago \| parent \| prev [-]
		Asbestos is the miracle material it is advertised as. It really is great insulation, and really is absolutely fireproof. Thousands of industrial uses are readily apparent. Despite this, because of its other effects, the cost to clean up and stop using asbestos is greater than the sum total of any benefit from all mined asbestos worldwide. Even a miracle technology can still be a net disaster.