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LLM Inevitabilism

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1611 points SwoopsFromAbove | 1 comments | 15 Jul 25 04:35 UTC | HN request time: 0.001s | source
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mlsu ◴[15 Jul 25 05:02 UTC] No.44567960[source]▶
I hate AI. I'm so sick of it.

I read a story about 14 year olds that are adopting AI boyfriends. They spend 18 hours a day in conversation with chatbots. Their parents are worried because they are withdrawing from school and losing their friends.

I hate second guessing emails that I've read, wondering if my colleagues are even talking to me or if they are using AI. I hate the idea that AI will replace my job.

Even if it unlocks "economic value" -- what does that even mean? We'll live in fucking blade runner but at least we'll all have a ton of money?

I agree, nobody asked what I wanted. But if they did I'd tell them, I don't want it, I don't want any of it.

Excuse me, I'll go outside now and play with my dogs and stare at a tree.

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HPsquared ◴[15 Jul 25 05:05 UTC] No.44567975[source]▶
Just remember that machines already do most of the work. Nobody ploughs fields anymore.
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mlsu ◴[15 Jul 25 05:22 UTC] No.44568051[source]▶
Yes, of course. What is AI freeing us of? Communicating with other human beings?

Ah what a chore. Other human beings. Wish I could just enter into a cocoon of solitude for the rest of my life. I mean I'm kind of being glib here but the ~amazing future~ we all seem to take as inevitable has me playing solo orchestra conductor, prompt pupettering a massive fleet of hyper intelligent code bots, prompting an AI to make prompts for its sub AIs in a giant scintillating cyberprism. Talking to an AI customer service agent. Having an AI secretary. Having an AI lover.

All alone, in the middle of it all.

Sorry, I actually like talking to my real human colleagues!

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1. mattgreenrocks ◴[15 Jul 25 15:18 UTC] No.44572066[source]▶
It feels like some people have devalued their human experience so much that they're itching to burn off the rest of it for the hope of a technological nirvana occasionally punctuated by mundane human needs.

AI/the Internet will never fill the void, and they know it, but like an addict they demand more in the hopes that it will. The AI girlfriend won't be enough, they'll be told to wait for AI girlfriend 2.0 to _really_ experience love. Being played for a fool long enough makes anyone jaded and cynical.