More knowledge lost due to AI.

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[–] 4 points 2 weeks ago (4 children)

In any size group of people there will be some who do one thing, and some who do something else. If you're waiting for everyone to use AI correctly in order for its use to be worth it, you'll be waiting forever. The statement is correct when it says that AI technically isn't the main issue in and of itself - the issue is actually with humans as a species, but humanity isn't going to change - there will always be a significant amount of people who use any given tool incorrectly.

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  • [–] 1 point 2 weeks ago (3 children)

    This may be true, but forms of social organisation can and do change and improve.

    It's not possible to put the genie back into the bottle, so to speak, when it comes to technology.

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  • [–] 4 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

    When the genie costs an immense amount of money to use, and produces things that aren't worth the cost, it doesn't need to be put back- it will be abandoned once we realize we can't make money off of it.

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  • [–] 1 point 2 weeks ago (1 child)

    And what if the full costs are partially (or even mostly) externalized onto someone else?

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  • [–] 1 point 2 weeks ago

    That's exactly the thing - the reason anyone besides the wealthy is able to use AI at all is because they're letting us use it at a heavily discounted price in an attempt to figure out how to make it profitable. And they're failing.

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