• Encrypt-Keeper@lemmy.world
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    23 hours ago

    His AI use caused him so many problems in his private life that his family had to intervene. His point of view is “This technology has had a negative impact on my life and the lives of the people I care about”.

    Your pro-AI spiel is a bit tone deaf here

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      7 hours ago

      I said nothing pro-AI. But by accusing me of that, you reveal where your own bias (and defensiveness) lies. So thanks for that.

      You’re also exaggerating the facts. They didn’t stage an intervention. He turned to his wife and brother and said “do you think my AI use is unhealthy?”

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        7 hours ago

        You’ve said plenty pro-AI lol. You don’t have to get so defensive about it, just own your position.

        I’ve exaggerated nothing. Hank himself said he’s spoken to both his wife and brother about his AI use and said they “didn’t pull any punches”, which implies there was a blunt conversation about it, if not two.

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        8 hours ago

        That’s probably why he wrote an in depth explanation of what he did, his motive, how it affected him etc.

        His public posts on the matter were not made for the people who actually know him.

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      23 hours ago

      But they didn’t say anything pro-AI. At most they were anti-anti-AI mob, which is just reasonable, as is with any “mob”. And I read mob here as mindless parrots that keep repeating talking points and hating for the sake of conformity.

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        23 hours ago

        Being anti-anti something is being pro-something. That’s the beauty of the double negative.

        Also that’s just a very pro-AI user, so the intent can be inferred

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          7 hours ago

          I’m anti anything mob. The fucking groupthink on certain issues is real.

          I’m also anti people who make shit up and then try to sell it as a long strings of “inferences.”

          And after having AI shoved down my throat at work for two years while my teammates get laid off, I’m pretty anti AI too. At most I have direct experience with it that teaches me it has some uses, like summarization.

          You’re full of shit. You’ve been told. And you know it by now. But you’ll probably bleat on with more of the same because it’s all you know how to do. Proceed, I guess.

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              7 hours ago

              Brave showing, bravo. I’m glad someone came out of the woodwork to illustrate the monomaniacal mob behavior I was talking about. You did just perfect.

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                Hmm I don’t remember mobbing anyone. All I did was reiterate what the man himself said, in the face of you trying to spin it as more pro than it was.

                When the guy says his AI use was causing him problems and he regrets it and wants to make a change, I believe him. Simple as.

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          You’re conflating two different somethings. Anti-AI mob is not the same as AI. Being against mob mentality doesn’t make you inherently pro AI.

          It’s possible to be pro or anti mob mentality and AI in various different combinations.

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          17 hours ago

          That’s… Not how any of that works?! You can be anti chat bot llm, anti anti ai mob hater, and pro llm science and research bot.

          There’s more to the tech then just the chat bots the anti ai mob dipshits all seem to think of when llms come up.

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            11 hours ago

            That’s exactly how that works lmao. “Anti” means “opposite”, not some neutral third thing

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              9 hours ago

              anti-anti-AI ≠ pro-AI, it assumes there’s only anti-AI and pro-AI and nothing in between.
              And the wording was clearly about the anti-AI mob as opposed to people who understand the dangers and benefits of AI. It’s similar to the difference between a Gamer™ and a gamer.

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        23 hours ago

        You’re on Lemmy… any statements about AI, Musk, trump, McConnell, etc that aren’t over-the-top against them will be met with downvotes.

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          23 hours ago

          Okay but why would anyone be anything but over-the-top against anything on your list?

          I mean, like, everything you listed is dog shit.

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            22 hours ago

            That’s what I keep fucking asking, Like how can anyone with half a brain be okay with any of them?

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            20 hours ago

            Because sometimes in life there are nuances and it is possible to mention one of those topics in a neutral manner, but the absolute hostility held here against anyone who tries to have a conversation beyond “_____ sucks ass!” is exhausting.

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              7 hours ago

              This is not one of those times. I don’t want to have a conversation with someone who thinks neutrally about any of those topics.

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      22 hours ago

      There wasn’t an intervention, he asked them about his AI use in response to the outrage and they agreed he’d been using it unhealthy.

      Seemed to me more along the lines of “do I have too much salt?” , “yeah you should cut back” ; Then “your coke problem is tearing this family apart”

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        21 hours ago

        He said they “did not pull any punches” which implies it was a more blunt conversation than you’re suggesting.

        Hank Green himself describes his relationship with AI the same way you would an addiction, and specifically mentions the dopamine reaction driving his use of it to a point where he became overwhelmed by it.

        He’s not describing a casual discussion about table salt, he’s literally describing a drug/alcohol addiction.