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by 1dom 3 days ago
I disagree. I wouldn't consider it unhinged. I'm clearly aware of my own frustration. It's also relatively civil, since I was able to temper it with appropriate apologies and acknowledgements. Many other people agree and support the sentiment of what I'm saying.

AI is a powerful tool and very capable of - amongst other things - making something look far more valuable than it actually is, and that is a huge waste of time that costs us all. We all have a responsibility to call this out when we see it.

It looks like you've just implied I'm entitled, unhinged, uncivil and and that I shouldn't have contributed at all, whilst thinking you've elevated yourself above that behaviour by saying "in my opinion" and "one should...". I think that's an unhinged, insulting and uncivil way to express yourself.

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I found the website you ranted about interesting, comparing the quality of the visualization between the different models.

I don't think it was "a huge waste of time" or needed your rant.

You called it slop and questioned the competence of the author, as if he made grand claims about the objectivity of his comparison.

What I see often is that people assume others are incompetent just because they used AI, when in reality they are engineers no less competent or experienced than others on this website.

This is slop, in the sense that it looks like a lot of useful work and effort, and AI is heavily involved, and it was offered up when the opposite was requested, meaning it's not at all helpful in this context.

I raised this in a harsh, but repeatedly apologetic way. The person then responded telling me to "get my facts straight" and doubled down with more weak, qualitative outputs of LLMs.

I don't assume the person is incompetent because they used LLMs. I use them daily. I'm a firm believer everyone is an idiot, just in a different subject.

The issue here I feel is that LLMs are increasingly leading people think that they're not an idiot in any subject at all, and when real humans question it, they double down with more AI stuff.

Oh boy. I see this so much.