Hey like the title says, when I talk about LLMs its a from a critical standpoint. When I talk to other people and they mention AI and how they like it and use it. I see it as a red flag but what do you guys think. Do you think like the internet we won't be able to revert to a pre-LLM world where people restrict their usage?

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[–] 6 points 11 months ago

That depends on a lot of details. AI usage would probably be a negative factor in any case.

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  • [–] 7 points 11 months ago

    Depends what they use it for.

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  • [–] 1 point 11 months ago* (3 children)

    A tool is only as good as its user. This is a staunchly prohibitive stance.

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  • [–] 3 points 11 months ago*

    I've stopped talking to people I've met on dating apps because they've admitted LLM use. To me, it indicates fundamental differences in our values and views. It's not even necessarily about the LLM use; it's about being too different as people.

    Although it is also about the LLM use, not gonna lie.

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  • [–] 3 points 11 months ago* (2 children)

    I guess it depends on how they use it.

    I use it at the workplace, at the insistence of my employer and because it streamlines some of my workflows.

    I'm also interested in building a home inference server using open source models, to be in control of my own data. The use case is primarily automation of tasks that interest me.

    Are those red flags?

    If I were using it to create slop and do shady things, then yeah, maybe it's a red flag.

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  • [–] [S] 1 point 11 months ago (1 child)

    In this one case I heard, he was using it to generate ai covers of songs in different genres. In another case, they are using it to vibe code projects, none of their projects are fully working. In a different conversation, they are using LLMs as a secondary therapist. I don't believe, after a few years of trying different models, that they good (very general term). But environmentally and ethically the consumption of AI powered resources and programs is a serious problem. But with AI populating different sectors of our professional and personal lives it leaves a very sour taste in my mouth. I'm finding it harder and harder to have open dialogues where people even care about the negative implications.

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  • [–] 1 point 11 months ago

    I fail to understand the gate keeping around vibe coding.

    If you're doing it as a hobby, where's the harm?

    If you're doing it professionally and producing nonfunctional code that you are incapable of reviewing architecturally, then you won't have a job for long.

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  • [–] 3 points 11 months ago

    I would not date someone who used and advocated for the use of LLMs and other generative AIs. I don't think LLMs are going to disappear but they present serious ethical issues and if someone is advocating for more of them that implies either they haven't engaged with or understood those issues or don't care. Neither is a quality I find desirable.

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  • [–] 1 point 11 months ago*

    Depends. Are they forced to use it at work or are they using it of their own volition for fun?

    If you use generative AI for fun images/video, it tells me you have no respect and or understanding of art and that would be a fundamental ideological difference I couldn't just ignore.

    If you use it for information, I couldn't respect your intelligence.

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