On Dec 19, 2024, at 12:56 PM, Harold Appel via groups.io <haroldappel@...> wrote:
I fear that using AI replaces my own judgment with relying on someone else's (a mystery, unknown to us) algorithm in order to obtain information or automate a task in a way that computers have not done before. I fear that in this process, something important will be lost.
AI is just another tool. It¡¯s not a separate mind, it¡¯s a tool wielded by humans. Just like using a computer was considered ¡°cheating¡± by some in the very early days of personal computing, AI will become mainstream as time goes on.
Currently, if you go on Facebook, you will often see offerings of very pretty pictures. But lots of people feel compelled to comment ¡°THIS IS AI !!!¡± Like that somehow invalidates how attractive and enjoyable the picture is. That sort of nonsense should pass pretty quickly.
Just as some people prefer the sound of music played on vinyl records to that played from digital files, I have no doubt that there will be folks who value doing things the old way. And that¡¯s fine. You will still have a choice. But there is nothing to fear from AI. It¡¯s just another tool that will lead to new sorts of end products. As I said, the more that you learn about AI, the more comfortable you will become with it.
AI isn¡¯t a dystopian evil come to dominate and replace all humans, like something from 1960¡¯s science fiction. It¡¯s just another way to save time and create works that previously might have been too tedious to routinely pursue as projects.
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Randy B. Singer
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