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by bovermyer 130 days ago
My feelings on AI are complicated.

It's very useful as a coding autocomplete. It provides a fast way to connect multiple disparate search criteria in one query.

It also has caused massive price hikes for computer components, negatively impacted the environment, and most importantly, subtly destroys people's ability to understand.

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I've come to the same conclusions. I don't think the feelings are complicated though. It's just personal when you find use in it. It's kind of like cryptocurrency in the way that it doesn't democratize efficiency and usefulness amongst everyone. So for a few it is a powerful and useful tool, but ultimately at the cost of everything else.
Thanks, this summarised my feelings as well.