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AI, in this case, refers to LLMs, GPT technology, and anything listed as "AI" meant to increase market valuations.
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My point was that people are using the term 'AI' when they mean LLMs and/or Image generation.
You asked for good AI uses, when you mean good LLM uses which is the only point I wanted to make.
Yes, LLMs are pretty bad at most things. They're usefulness is basically around that of a search engine or Stack Overflow. They're often used as a crutch for junior coders, which damages their training and vibe coding is just a novelty... not a production-ready tool.
I don't disagree that LLMs are massively over hyped, just that they're only a tiny portion of the AI technologies. Most of which people should be excited about.
That's why it's frustrating seeing the confusion. LLMs suck, image generation is terrible for many reasons... but AI has many other uses than making 6 fingered people and shitty code.
I was asking for good uses of LLMs since we were talking about those. Sorry for being unclear.
We're using the word the cartels pushing LLMs are using for their trash.
Don't blame us for turning “AI” into a swearword, blame those bastards.
Once the bubble pops anyone working on any kind of AI will be seen as a liability and shunned by investors, setting research back for decades (not that any form of research would've been possible for long in the slop saturated world they'll leave behind), all because those scammers thought selling their malware as “AI” would cause more marks to fall for it.
I do completely understand and I do agree that the current state of the LLM bubble is dangerous and many of the people involved know it and are just planning to make as much money as possible and get out before the bubble bursts. It's capricious greed that will result in a lot of damage in the end and they should be called out for it.
I just think some people deviate from reality in their quest to fight these things. I don't like being party to misinformation and lies, even if it's from people I otherwise believe in.
It's certainly not popular at times (I haven't check my posts but I imagine I've accumulated some downvotes), but we're all more effective in our advocacy if we don't allow people to deliberately spread misinformation.
We don't need it, we have facts and reality on our side... no need to create fiction.
Adding perhaps an additional layer of nuance - You're totally right that there is an nomenclature issue around AI, and that the technology (basically like most technology) is value neutral. But, I think it remains a valid decision to make a choice to personally avoid it, and to engage with services and communities accordingly.
I'm perfectly happy to agree that there is "AI" use which is groovy. Maybe as result of narrowing the definition or using it conscientiously. I understand the difference forms it can come in. But me, personally, I want to use a service that strives for no AI, regardless of if it is good, bad, or neutral. Searching for a niche like this is actually why I started using lemmy (pretty recently).
I don't begrudge lemmy taking an approach like "AI must be disclosed and reviewed" as suggested here (https://github.com/LemmyNet/lemmy-docs/pull/414/changes). Let Lemmy party however it wants! Honestly, I appreciate the disclosure, because it lets me know upfront that this isn't the niche I was looking for. No shade, but I'm out. Nothing but peace and love to everybody who remains.