I guess I kinda get why people hate AI

8 days ago

The author reflects on their anxiety about AI potentially taking over their profession and ruining their career, contrasting it with past technological advancements that ultimately benefited society.
Despite not hating AI and finding it useful for tasks like coding, the author is baffled by AI CEOs and technologists marketing AI as a job destroyer rather than focusing on its benefits.
The author highlights current downsides of AI, including students using ChatGPT to cheat, the proliferation of fake AI-generated content, and the increased difficulty in distinguishing genuine from fake information.
Concerns are raised about the lack of proactive measures from AI companies to mitigate negative impacts, such as lobbying for legislation to address potential job losses or implementing safeguards against misinformation.
The author expresses worry about a future where AI lowers the quality of online content and interactions, leading to a general deterioration of digital spaces without significant benefits to offset these negatives.
Suggestions for improving AI's impact include forming alliances to watermark AI-generated content, more aggressive platform policies against AI misinformation, and allowing open-source projects to opt-out of AI vulnerability scanning.
The author concludes by acknowledging AI's usefulness but remains concerned about the current negative perceptions and potential societal fractures if these issues are not addressed.

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