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0 pointsmattl9mo ago0 comments

I run a music community that’s been around for 16 years and many users are asking me what they can do to avoid AI in their lives and I’m going to start building tools to help.

Many of the people pushing for a lot of AI stuff are the same people who have attached their name to a combination of NFTs, Blockchain, cryptocurrency, Web3 and other things I consider to be grifts/scams.

The term “AI” is already meaningless. So let’s be clear: Generative AI (GenAI) is what worries many people including a number of prominent artists.

This makes me feel like there’s work to be done if we want open source/art/the internet as we know it to remain and be available to us in the future.

It drives me a little crazy to see Mozilla adding AI to Firefox instead of yelling about it at every opportunity. Do we need to save them too?

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Flemlo9mo ago

Just because random people pivot from shit like not, crypto and block chains, the majority of people use AI because it has real benefits.

GenAI just works. People don't need to be pushed using it and continue using it.

OpenAI has 500 Million active users weekly.

xpe9mo ago

Right. Too often people conflate (a) risk-loving entrepreneurs and their marketing claims with the (b) realities of usage patterns and associated value-add.

As an example, look at how cars are advertised. If you only paid attention to marketing, you would think everyone is zipping around winding mountain roads in their SUVs, loaded up with backcountry gear. This is not accurate, but nonetheless SUVs are dominant.

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