• eicker@lemmy.worldEnglish
    16 days

    Europe being “absent” from the AI safety debate may be the feature, not the bug. While Silicon Valley debates whether its own products could end humanity, Europe is asking the less cinematic question: why should our infrastructure, data and economy depend on a handful of US firms? Safety without sovereignty is just dependency with better paperwork.

  • FiniteBanjo@feddit.onlineEnglish
    16 days

    I haven’t seen any productivity or growth from AI.

    All I see is increased liabilities and failures.

    • ISOmorph@feddit.orgEnglish
      16 days

      I know I’m going to catch flak for it, but I definitely see use cases where LLMs (AI hasn’t been invented yet) do increase productivity. All my devs use them for their daily work and haven’t once questioned that it’s useful. However, they know when to use LLMs and when not too. That is definitely not the case for the general populace and is further accentuated by big tech unnecessarily cramming that stuff in everything. That’s what’s creating an ecological and societal issue that’s rightfully driving the negative sentiments

      • FiniteBanjo@feddit.onlineEnglish
        15 days

        Apparently you don’t follow the news about software vulnerabilities. Since LLMs started replacing coders the number has skyrocketed. I’ve also seen more consumers abstaining from online platforms than ever because they know, they don’t think they know, that sloppers such as yourself will not hesitate to sell off their face and identity to Peter Theil the billionnaire nazi.

        AI doesn’t have a use case aside from disinformation, it’s a net negative on society by a lot.

        • schipelblorp@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
          15 days

          There are responsible and irresponsible ways to use LLMs to code. Of course, the irresponsible ways are also the cheapest. Your problem is with short sighted profit-maximizing capitalism, not LLMs.

      • Tarambor@lemmy.worldEnglish
        14 days

        All my devs use them for their daily work and haven’t once questioned that it’s useful.

        Not questioned that it’s useful or just told you what you want to hear? I would argue that it’s the latter, being driven by fear of losing their jobs especially given the current state of the tech sector with the amount of layoffs of devs due to them being replaced by AI.

      • Naich@piefed.worldEnglish
        16 days

        An LLM is basically a glorified autocomplete. Ideal for writing standard code blocks and automating repetitive tasks. It’s a bit like getting a trainee to bash out stuff that doesn’t require much thought. Using it to write your entire codebase and calling it “vibe coding” is like getting a trainee to write your entire codebase.

        • FiniteBanjo@feddit.onlineEnglish
          15 days

          A trainee at least has morals. An LLM could result in human deaths or millions in property losses and be like: “You’re absolutely right. I completely misread the situation. Here’s why:”

      • DrCake@lemmy.worldEnglish
        15 days

        I agree with your point but “xenophobia”? Come on man, what are you smoking? Also loads of people just don’t have a day-to-day use case for LLM’s, doesn’t make them stupid/retarded for never seeing any upside and only see the downsides. Explaining what you use it for and its pros is a much better argument