<![CDATA[I’m increasingly of the opinion that AI is the One Ring, and you absolutely shouldn’t touch the thing.]]>I’m increasingly of the opinion that AI is the One Ring, and you absolutely shouldn’t touch the thing.

"A mortal who keeps one of the Great Rings, does not die, but he does not grow or obtain more life, he merely continues, until at last every minute is a weariness. And if he often uses the Ring to make himself invisible, he fades: He becomes in the end invisible permanently, and walks in the twilight under the eye of the dark power that rules the Rings.”

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/topic/b47a031d-2494-44a4-987d-1cadf064c88a/i-m-increasingly-of-the-opinion-that-ai-is-the-one-ring-and-you-absolutely-shouldn-t-touch-the-thing.RSS for NodeTue, 29 Sep 2026 02:51:19 GMTMon, 28 Sep 2026 17:57:52 GMT60<![CDATA[Reply to I’m increasingly of the opinion that AI is the One Ring, and you absolutely shouldn’t touch the thing. on Mon, 28 Sep 2026 18:21:03 GMT]]>@jamesthomson — I held that before, but I’m more of the opinion that it’s more like the Master Sword, or the Triforce. Yes, capable of yielding great destructive power to the user, but also an amplifier of positive forces. The LOTR analogy is absolutist and hopeless, whereas the Zelda one is more nuanced and hopeful. Either way, we’re pretty powerless, so I chose an analogy to help me through that powerlessness.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/users/paulca/statuses/117350050235383785https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/users/paulca/statuses/117350050235383785Mon, 28 Sep 2026 18:21:03 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to I’m increasingly of the opinion that AI is the One Ring, and you absolutely shouldn’t touch the thing. on Mon, 28 Sep 2026 18:09:44 GMT]]>@jsatk The too powerful and too tempting is very much it in a nutshell. My fears are not about the quality of the output, it’s everything else.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/users/jamesthomson/statuses/117350005779243448https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/users/jamesthomson/statuses/117350005779243448Mon, 28 Sep 2026 18:09:44 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to I’m increasingly of the opinion that AI is the One Ring, and you absolutely shouldn’t touch the thing. on Mon, 28 Sep 2026 18:09:07 GMT]]>@jamesthomson sssshhhhhh, the ATP guys will hear.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://techhub.social/users/troldann/statuses/117350003321980641https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://techhub.social/users/troldann/statuses/117350003321980641Mon, 28 Sep 2026 18:09:07 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to I’m increasingly of the opinion that AI is the One Ring, and you absolutely shouldn’t touch the thing. on Mon, 28 Sep 2026 18:05:03 GMT]]>@jamesthomson I’ve used the one ring comparison so much.

AI is too powerful and too tempting. It’s amazing, at first. Then slowly you can’t live without it. Then you realize you no longer know how to write or code without it. You depend on it. And if you quit using it your career and livelihood are at risk.

It absolutely is an apt metaphor.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://sfba.social/users/jsatk/statuses/117349987383173309https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://sfba.social/users/jsatk/statuses/117349987383173309Mon, 28 Sep 2026 18:05:03 GMT