• Vespair@lemm.ee
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    3 months ago

    It’s really simple: There are a number of use cases where generative AI is a legitimate boon. But there are countless more use cases where AI is unnecessary and provides nothing but bloat, maybe novelty at best.

    Generative AI is neither the harbinger or doom, nor the savior of humanity. It’s a tool. Just a tool. We’re just caught in this weird moment where people are acting like it’s an all-encompassing multipurpose tool right now instead of understanding it as the limited use specific tool it actually is.

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      3 months ago

      It’s a tool. Just a tool.

      And, more often than not, it’s a poorly implemented tool that didn’t need to be added to the product in the first place.

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        3 months ago

        Yes, that was literally my point. A plumbing wrench is a perfectly useful and wonderful tool, but it isn’t going to be much help in the middle of brain surgery. Tools have use cases; they can’t be applied to any situation