[ruilov]

the smartest people see AI as an incredible tool that enhances their productivity.

[big-chungus4]

Just like me! I like AI because of how smart I am.

[bigfishrunning]

I'm suddenly missing the slashdot mod system. +5 funny.

[witx]

You went so deep there champ

[bawis]

The smartest people *usually* have little idea how *us* mortals can abuse the GenAI tools, because they are aware of their limitations, but we aint.

[Jtarii]

There is more to life than productivity.

[fasterik]

Productivity is relative to whatever we value. That could be building things, making art, making scientific discoveries, or delivering food to people in poverty.

Maybe you value non-tangible, non-durable things like experiences. That's great, but it would be weird to tell someone who's devoted their life to X "there's more to life than X." (Replace X with any of the fields mentioned above.)

[brookst]

And experiences absolutely benefit from productivity improvements. AI has helped me plan better trips, find places and activities I had no idea about, better prepare for weather in remote destinations.

It’s said that “productivity” is mistakenly connoted as scoped to work.

[Jtarii]

Destroying all of society in the pursuit of "productivity" would be a negative thing in my opinion.

[Nevermark]

Which is why we delegate it!