is AI dumbing us all down?
I mean, rather than spend the time learning how Linux really works I just ask Perplexity for the answer. It is so easy yet I know im not learning that way
18-21, M
Rabscuttle · 41-45
Okay, follow me closely, here, because this actually IS important, and it seems that I am the only person on Earth under the age of 50 who understands it.
If you were to take a shoe and dye it red, you would have a red shoe. It would, however, still be a shoe, because there is nothing in shoeness that precludes being red. A red shoe IS a shoe. Likewise, a great ape IS an ape, a Macintosh-brand personal computer IS a personal computer, a dwarf planet IS a planet, and a solid state hard drive IS a hard drive.
Still with me?
Now, to your question: no. "AI" doesn't exist. An LLM is NOT an AI, or anything close to it. Don't understand the distinction, or think that it's just a matter of degree? Tell me, then: is this Jesus?
No, it isn't- it's a statue. Except no, it isn't- it's a picture of a statue. But it's picture of a statue of Jesus, right? Well, no- it's a picture of a statue of a depiction of Jesus painted by a guy named Warner Sallman, who probably never saw a single Middle Eastern person in his life. Putting the nonsenses of Iconoclasm aside (I mean, you CAN look a photograph without worshiping it, right?), you can argue that it's in the same broad category as Jesus, two or two and a half cuils out, but it's most definitely not Jesus. An LLM, to about the same degree, is not an AI.
All that said, are LLMs dumbing you all down? No- but your use of them sure is. They're machines; they have no moral agency. Don't blame them for your failings, just because that's what you use them for.
If you were to take a shoe and dye it red, you would have a red shoe. It would, however, still be a shoe, because there is nothing in shoeness that precludes being red. A red shoe IS a shoe. Likewise, a great ape IS an ape, a Macintosh-brand personal computer IS a personal computer, a dwarf planet IS a planet, and a solid state hard drive IS a hard drive.
Still with me?
Now, to your question: no. "AI" doesn't exist. An LLM is NOT an AI, or anything close to it. Don't understand the distinction, or think that it's just a matter of degree? Tell me, then: is this Jesus?
No, it isn't- it's a statue. Except no, it isn't- it's a picture of a statue. But it's picture of a statue of Jesus, right? Well, no- it's a picture of a statue of a depiction of Jesus painted by a guy named Warner Sallman, who probably never saw a single Middle Eastern person in his life. Putting the nonsenses of Iconoclasm aside (I mean, you CAN look a photograph without worshiping it, right?), you can argue that it's in the same broad category as Jesus, two or two and a half cuils out, but it's most definitely not Jesus. An LLM, to about the same degree, is not an AI.
All that said, are LLMs dumbing you all down? No- but your use of them sure is. They're machines; they have no moral agency. Don't blame them for your failings, just because that's what you use them for.
swirlie · 31-35, F
@Rabscuttle
I'll mark you down as a solid 'no' then. Thanks for explaining your opinion.
I'll mark you down as a solid 'no' then. Thanks for explaining your opinion.
val70 · 56-60
I think that it's rather the other way around.
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val70 · 56-60
@swirlie Exactly. It was there. Who put it above us then? Perhaps it's the overall laziness that's come over the majority of us. I'm even accused of using AI to formulate my postings. Isn't it supposed to be the message that's important and not the tool? Moreover, I have dyslexia and I use every tool available.
SunshineGirl · 41-45, F
No, lack of effort and inability to exercise critical faculties will dumb you down. Just because it's written by CoPilot does not make it infallible. You've still got to use old fashioned reasoning to benefit from all this enhanced learning.
BillyMack · 46-50, M
Yes
swirlie · 31-35, F
The problem with asking AI is that AI can be programmed to give biased answers to questions, depending on who will benefit from AI's influence on you.
Therefore, AI does not give you an unbiased answer to ANYTHING you ask of it.
Even though AI is in it's infancy in our culture, AI has already become corrupted and is considered unreliable at best.
Therefore, AI does not give you an unbiased answer to ANYTHING you ask of it.
Even though AI is in it's infancy in our culture, AI has already become corrupted and is considered unreliable at best.