Generative AI is a Faustian bargain.
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@benlockwood I don't think that's necessarily true.
Sure if you don't ride the bike every day you're worse bike rider but finishing races also makes you a better bike rider.
I'm a senior dev and consider myself a good'ish coder and while LLMs do make me worse at memorizing APIs I ship so much more which on it's own a very useful skill to train.
At the end of the day it's just another computer. If you use the one that's in your skull as well then you'll be just perfectly fine.
I think that the cautionary tale here is that with vibe coding it's easy to become lazy and ignorant. In other words, it's easy to become like your manager, or worse even - like your CEO.
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@benlockwood @Sproid I wish I could pin this to my profile
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@benlockwood @Sproid I wish I could pin this to my profile
@MamaLake @benlockwood @Sproid you could put it as the header, pfp or in metadata...
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@MamaLake @benlockwood @Sproid you could put it as the header, pfp or in metadata...
@MamaLake @benlockwood @Sproid sorry, miss read. Download, upload, then pin. But I think its not pinned the way you want. You want like a fb or insta pin style. Correct?
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@MamaLake @benlockwood @Sproid sorry, miss read. Download, upload, then pin. But I think its not pinned the way you want. You want like a fb or insta pin style. Correct?
@QCCEChris @benlockwood @Sproid ha! I was mostly joking
I’m #noAi but it’s not my whole schtick you know? -
@benlockwood this comment section has given me so many valuable lessons in blocking before arguing with unaware people. Thank you.
@MamaLake Block liberally. Your sanity & peace of mind are more important than anyone else’s stance on some dubious technology. 🩷@benlockwood
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@QCCEChris @benlockwood @Sproid ha! I was mostly joking
I’m #noAi but it’s not my whole schtick you know?@QCCEChris @benlockwood @Sproid thank you for coming up with solutions though, I appreciate that muster
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@tylnesh @corigan01 @benlockwood Can you use your own tools and not use the tools the assholes provide and control?
If you are paying the assholes to use their services you need to determine where you fit into the asshole equation.
@rasterweb @corigan01 @benlockwood of course you can, and I do. I also create locally hosted LLM-powered internal tools for mg company. Open weight models are a godsend.
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@benlockwood That's a heck of a claim when some of us are using AI as a prosthesis for things like poor executive function or ADHD.
I have an AI assistant I've set up to have context about all my projects & their status.
If I have a bad brain day where I'm foggy/can't focus, I can ask the AI to help me figure out what I should be working on.
That makes me MORE myself, not less.
And anyway, I'll take a handshake with Lucifer over Yahweh any day. The Devil has integrity.
@jack @benlockwood these statements are just coping mechanism, don't take them too seriously.
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@benlockwood this comment section has given me so many valuable lessons in blocking before arguing with unaware people. Thank you.
@MamaLake Seriously. FAFO, and if you're an adult, that's on you.
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Generative AI is a Faustian bargain. Every use of it weakens you. Maybe you occasionally save a few minutes, but you are diminished for it. With each use you are further from your human potential.
@benlockwood I have never blocked so many people from one thread.
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