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people are always saying anti-AI arguments don’t understand the full nuances of the technology. which is correct. but only because it stole everyone’s work, exists solely to get you fired, has made the entire internet unusable and has been forced on everyone without consent

on some level, you have to accept that yes, people are reacting emotionally without doing detailed research but really you can’t blame them or stop them. this was some bullshit not a single one of us had to think about three years ago and now it’s making shit worse in like most daily interactions

There is also plenty to hate about 'the technology' tbf. The theft and plagiarism of peoples work, churning out bullshit and its vast energy and water requirements all come to mind. What are its good points?

The "technology" is just the underlying math. That's fine, and could be useful. The stuff you're describing is the way the companies pushing this chose to go about it. They could have done this ethically, but they all believe they're in a race to be the last company on earth.

the underlying math also happens to be not particularly useful either because it's just statistics, and as you might be aware statistics can very easily be misused to draw biased and/or false conclusions. it is not fit for use by the layperson unless they actually understand *all* the math well

Not to mention the fact that everyone hates the fact that the technology itself is responsible for countless deaths, either through coercion or militaries using it in place of analysts. The United States almost started a damn war with China just over a damn hallucination over some cargo recently!

The United States started a war by targeting a girls school because, in part, it was nobody's job to verify the targeting data being coughed up. The nightmare scenario has already arrived and people have just kinda shrugged.

Pretty annoying how out of all these nuances discussions some dullards have especially from the left leaning or left wing ones they seem not to fucking care at all that this has pretty much destroyed the electronics market and barely anyone can afford new PC's and phones now

Exactly! Why do these folks expect a “rational response” to be to look at this thing that has tangibly made their life worse and more expensive, and go “we SHOULD start weighing the benefits” like fuck no! That conversation can’t logically happen right now

Hatred, dismissal and derision of AI *is* the rational response at this point.

There may be benefits, but it's just so minuscule in comparison to the massive slew of deficits caused by this technology, one that I should add isn't even completely developed.

And anyone who has more smoke for “people being annoying about being anti AI” are doing that thing where they’re feeling mildly irritated at what is honestly a very normal emotional response to the scale of this shit, and somehow going “yeah the irritated ppl are at fault here” like what

Sometimes, I walk in on DeviantArt on accident, and the place is just a never-ending nightmare of people at each other's throats over the technology. Most recently, those who support AI are now trying to claim that art supplies are destroying the environment.

Yes, when you are being annoying people will find you annoying, that is also a normal emotional response.

The entire industry has changed user prompts from 'Yes/No' to 'Yes/Maybe Later' and it's just a poignant micro example of the direction the industry has taken towards pushing everything upon users whether they want it or not, whether it's useful or not, whether it's functional, safe, or even harmful

We have to wait years lireral decades to get new subway station or line or just a new supermarket to be built while AI companies are Luke "yeah we're building big noisy data centre this summer across the street from your local elementary school trust us the pamxt will be minimal"