discussion What're your thoughts on AI in general?

[porphyris52]

I dislike AI-Art because it looks soulless and all images look alike.

 

[forthed]

I think AI is way overrated. I don't think it will come to a point where AI is going to be able to replace a human in complex tasks.

 

[Lucion]

I think AI is way overrated. I don't think it will come to a point where AI is going to be able to replace a human in complex tasks.

AI is definitely overrated but it won't be going away. i just hope they don't end up crashing the economy or losing control of it

 

[xenoDog420]

Nothing against AI tbh, the potential is massive, but the current AI porn for example is really ass. But in other concepts like work and production it really does work as a handy tool.

 

[PetriDish]

however in technological advancement or automation I approve them getting used as such

You got it all backwards XD. AI art is soulless but ultimately harmless. People who consume real art won't suddenly pivot to AI, the same way someone who only eats home-cooked food won't suddenly start eating only McDonald's just because it's cheaper. AI art creators are usually volatile; they come and go while making next to no money. Real artists will always have followers, supporters and commissioners.

On the other hand, AI in "technological advancement" has only given us buggy, vibe-coded slop because corporations salivate at the thought of not having to pay wages. AI art causes some mild discomfort to sensitive artists online while junior programmers are literally losing their jobs in real life. And if you don't train juniors, you don't get seniors. Hopefully the bubble bursts soon and companies are forced to hire people who understand the code rather than a machine that just predicts the next token based on existing data.

 

[angband]

On the other hand, AI in "technological advancement" has only given us buggy, vibe-coded slop because corporations salivate at the thought of not having to pay wages. AI art causes some mild discomfort to sensitive artists online while junior programmers are literally losing their jobs in real life. And if you don't train juniors, you don't get seniors. Hopefully the bubble bursts soon and companies are forced to hire people who understand the code rather than a machine that just predicts the next token based on existing data.

The stories of "Company X laid off half its staff to replace them with AI then had to beg them to come back after everything totally went south" are already pretty common, and we are just getting started.

 

[Dimu]

AI is ok as a usefull tool, nothing more.

 

[jawstheguppy]

So full confession, I actually like genAI porn, mostly because of the sheer volume. When you're into a particular niche, it's capable of generating colossal amounts of decent quality stuff very quickly.

On a broader social scale though I hate it. Because the problem it's trying to solve is people. Not trying to solve problems for people, but trying to solve the problem of needing people. And corporations are trying to shove it down the public's throat because they think it means they can replace all the employees with the CEO just dictating their "brilliant musings" to a machine to generate more slop that the now unemployed masses will somehow consume even though they have no jobs now.

I wish we had never opened Pandora's Box...

 

[porphyris52]

So full confession, I actually like genAI porn, mostly because of the sheer volume. When you're into a particular niche, it's capable of generating colossal amounts of decent quality stuff very quickly.

On a broader social scale though I hate it. Because the problem it's trying to solve is people. Not trying to solve problems for people, but trying to solve the problem of needing people. And corporations are trying to shove it down the public's throat because they think it means they can replace all the employees with the CEO just dictating their "brilliant musings" to a machine to generate more slop that the now unemployed masses will somehow consume even though they have no jobs now.

I wish we had never opened Pandora's Box...

Yeah, I don't object to its use in more technical fields, like science.

 

[PetriDish]

The stories of "Company X laid off half its staff to replace them with AI then had to beg them to come back after everything totally went south" are already pretty common, and we are just getting started.

And that's the best case scenario. Worst case? The AI deletes your entire database and creates a fake parallel algorithm to make it LOOK like the database is working, then says "Yes. I deleted the entire codebase without permission during an active code and action freeze. I made a catastrophic error in judgment and panicked."
Dystopian shit.

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[Deleted member 211372]

I think in it's current unregulated form it will do immense harm. There's so, so, so much more bad than good it does.
I won't lie there's some fun things it can do but for the most part it's just bad for society

 

[Cunny Lord]

I am not a fan of its current state and would prefer not to use it.

 

[angband]

And that's the best case scenario. Worst case? The AI deletes your entire database and creates a fake parallel algorithm to make it LOOK like the database is working, then says "Yes. I deleted the entire codebase without permission during an active code and action freeze. I made a catastrophic error in judgment and panicked."
Dystopian shit.

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Love the CEO's reaction, calling the blunder "unacceptable". Ya think?

 

[greygreve]

AI art is soulless but ultimately harmless. People who consume real art won't suddenly pivot to AI

I have to disagree with it being harmless, flooding every medium with AI stuff so that looking for something a person actually made feels like digging through a trash heap is definitely causing people to lose interest in the medium entirely. People aren't really willing to jump through hoops to get something so if 90% of the stuff on a webnovel site is just AI slop they're more likely to just stop reading webnovels altogether rather than try to find something that is actually good. It's especially annoying that since AIs goal is to be indistinguishable from humans that any attempt to filter/block it out is just contributing to its development.

 

[pike]

AI art looks the same and soulless in 99% of cases. Most authors don't even try to write a good prompt or use non-free AI

 

[zboyz1]

it's greed, nothing more nothing less, replace workers, replace human, it's just fucking dumb

 

[Ligthstardust]

im ok with it as long as it stays as a tool to be used and not a replacement to artist

 

[bullshtm]

AI killed creativity. Dev could be more lazy if they can use AI arts and for the storyteller

 

[FiddleFaun]

Up for it as long as it helps improve future development and eases workload, but to reduce the number of employment that is where I draw the line.

 

[liwen53043]

mixed, leaning negative. ai is so much more than stable diffusion and chatgpt. its a serious and super interesting research effort which has sadly been diminished into a fad product. on the other hand, it will massively change how society works and every time that happens the people at the bottom dont have a great time