That's what half of the "actual" racist asshole fundraisers are anyway.
December 13, 2025 at 9:53 PM
That's what half of the "actual" racist asshole fundraisers are anyway.
Is that like a bass recorder?
December 12, 2025 at 11:52 AM
Is that like a bass recorder?
I think this is still true of AI, to an extent - just like using search engines is a skill (or was, now that google sucks) that supplanted library research for many people. I do agree that it's more true for a calculator or the Dewey Decimal System than it is of AI or Google.
December 10, 2025 at 9:36 PM
I think this is still true of AI, to an extent - just like using search engines is a skill (or was, now that google sucks) that supplanted library research for many people. I do agree that it's more true for a calculator or the Dewey Decimal System than it is of AI or Google.
...but my take is that's a more philosophical discussion and not one that specifically makes sense as an anti-AI argument.
I'm being hella pedantic and nuanced. I don't think it's a bad discussion, or untrue! But I'm trying to gently chat w/ my friends more than yell at internet grifters.
I'm being hella pedantic and nuanced. I don't think it's a bad discussion, or untrue! But I'm trying to gently chat w/ my friends more than yell at internet grifters.
December 10, 2025 at 9:34 PM
...but my take is that's a more philosophical discussion and not one that specifically makes sense as an anti-AI argument.
I'm being hella pedantic and nuanced. I don't think it's a bad discussion, or untrue! But I'm trying to gently chat w/ my friends more than yell at internet grifters.
I'm being hella pedantic and nuanced. I don't think it's a bad discussion, or untrue! But I'm trying to gently chat w/ my friends more than yell at internet grifters.
I think my thought is less "AI can't make us dependent on it" and more "we are dependent on tons of tools that we used to need our brains (or harder tools) for." Nobody knows how slide rules work anymore because we have calculators. There is for sure a discussion to be had about how much is right...
December 10, 2025 at 9:32 PM
I think my thought is less "AI can't make us dependent on it" and more "we are dependent on tons of tools that we used to need our brains (or harder tools) for." Nobody knows how slide rules work anymore because we have calculators. There is for sure a discussion to be had about how much is right...
Google maps does make us worse at navigation! It's called embodied cognition - turning things we know into things we have. There are layers to it; looking at a static map and using google maps have somewhat opposite effects. A regular map helps our brain make our own map, GM makes us not use it.
December 10, 2025 at 9:31 PM
Google maps does make us worse at navigation! It's called embodied cognition - turning things we know into things we have. There are layers to it; looking at a static map and using google maps have somewhat opposite effects. A regular map helps our brain make our own map, GM makes us not use it.
Resource use, plagiarism, IP ownership, economic inequality, etc.
This is HELLA nitpicky on my part, but I've always held onto the "all my teachers told me I'd never have a calculator" thought. I still know my times tables though (mostly, probably lol).
This is HELLA nitpicky on my part, but I've always held onto the "all my teachers told me I'd never have a calculator" thought. I still know my times tables though (mostly, probably lol).
December 9, 2025 at 6:45 PM
Resource use, plagiarism, IP ownership, economic inequality, etc.
This is HELLA nitpicky on my part, but I've always held onto the "all my teachers told me I'd never have a calculator" thought. I still know my times tables though (mostly, probably lol).
This is HELLA nitpicky on my part, but I've always held onto the "all my teachers told me I'd never have a calculator" thought. I still know my times tables though (mostly, probably lol).
I agree becoming dependent on it would be a crappy outcome, but I don't see how that's different from any other marketing campaign, or about any other product. Cars, computers, phones, etc. AI is obviously the newest link in the tech grifter pipeline, but the argument seems so weak compared to...
December 9, 2025 at 6:43 PM
I agree becoming dependent on it would be a crappy outcome, but I don't see how that's different from any other marketing campaign, or about any other product. Cars, computers, phones, etc. AI is obviously the newest link in the tech grifter pipeline, but the argument seems so weak compared to...
I'm not a Gen AI fan by any means - I've never used it. But let's at least be intellectually honest when arguing, yeah?
December 9, 2025 at 5:04 PM
I'm not a Gen AI fan by any means - I've never used it. But let's at least be intellectually honest when arguing, yeah?
They'd probably scratch your mom's floor if you let them deliver anything
December 9, 2025 at 2:18 AM
They'd probably scratch your mom's floor if you let them deliver anything
There's a joke here somewhere
November 29, 2025 at 4:25 AM
There's a joke here somewhere