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[–] pixxelkick@lemmy.world 1 point 8 months ago (2 children)

Yes, I included that.

The usage is incredibly low "per capita"

If you think AI is special, its not. This same problem is present when you watch Netflix or order from Amazon.

People have a very warped idea of how much power/water AI uses.

You should go look up how huge the datacenters that power everything else are too.

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[–] frank@sopuli.xyz 3 points 8 months ago (1 child)

But again, like Netflix provides something now (albeit not my favorite thing). I am not convinced LLMs provide a damn thing of value.

I think AI is special for being a waste and very negative socially without providing any positive back.

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[–] pixxelkick@lemmy.world 1 point 8 months ago

I am not convinced LLMs provide a damn thing of value.

I work as a software developer and the sheer increase to my productivity makes it extremely valuable for me on numerous fronts.

Id estimate Im about 4x as productive, give or take.

And most of that productivity isnt coding, most of it is what LLMs are good at:

Locating documentation (using it as a fuzzy find searcher by intent)
Generating documentation and improving documentation
Summarizing existing code
Quickly locating bugs

Its really good at fuzzy searching huge datasets, finding needles in haystacks. When Im trying to find something specific in a codebase with thousands of files quickly.

While I agree most people are using it wrong or poorly, if you do know how to use an LLM, it becomes a huge productivity boost.