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cayugafalls

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2. I wrote a paper 35 years ago called the Technology Rock...

Sun Jun 21, 2026, 03:25 AM

10 hrs ago

I was writing LISP back in the 80's which is the precurser programming language of AI.

Like any tool, it is the user that is the danger...a hammer in the wrong hands can cause mayhem just as easily as AI.

I use AI as a tool, it has no problem being told you are using it like a tool, so turn off the personality and just answer the question.

Those who master the tools of their era will be the masters of that era as has always been the case.

Peace

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So what's so bad about using AI any way? [View all] werdna 11 hrs ago OP

A.i is here to stay Matthew28 10 hrs ago #1

I completely agree. cayugafalls 10 hrs ago #3

AI would be easy to stop Fiendish Thingy 4 hrs ago #15

Sure, that will happen. Srkdqltr 43 min ago #45

Communities are rising up across the nation in nonpartisan opposition to data centers Fiendish Thingy 38 min ago #47

You don't really understand how the internet works, do you? Llewlladdwr 13 min ago #51

Or unending wars. Boomerproud 4 hrs ago #18

Using AI requires unquestioning trust and a suspension of critical thinking. Fiendish Thingy 4 hrs ago #16

Automobile culture is still destroying the natural world as we knew it... hunter 18 min ago #49

I wrote a paper 35 years ago called the Technology Rock... cayugafalls 10 hrs ago #2

This 👆 Roy Rolling 8 hrs ago #8

Currently blubunyip 1 hr ago #44

the problem with AI is separating fact from fiction and knowing what is real vs fake msongs 10 hrs ago #4

That's not an AI probem ThreeNoSeep 8 hrs ago #6

It's an AI problem because generative AI hallucinates and is a pretense of intelligence, a fancy autocomplete highplainsdem 2 hrs ago #24

All of the GNP is data centers. Blue Full Moon 9 hrs ago #5

Interesting theme DFW 8 hrs ago #7

never used it, and feel no attraction to do so ShepKat 8 hrs ago #9

Thank you! I saw an interview with a former AI developer Scrivener7 6 hrs ago #10

"I read about an AI agent which bought itself a robot so it could interact in the physical world" Polybius 5 hrs ago #12

You think? How about the experiment they did a couple of months ago where they Scrivener7 4 hrs ago #20

"I'm Sorry Dave, I'm Afraid I Can't Do That" PatSeg 1 hr ago #28

Ah. Skynet. orthoclad 1 hr ago #27

I'm reminded of a certain AI that was placed in an miniature car sakabatou 1 hr ago #29

I think DU is much more anti-AI then the general population Polybius 5 hrs ago #11

I guess you've missed the recent news stories about how much younger people dislike genAI. highplainsdem 3 hrs ago #21

I've encountered fierce opposition to AI PatSeg 1 hr ago #32

My 40 year old loves it. He has lots of fun with it. LeftInTX 1 hr ago #38

Gen Z does not generally favor AI GenThePerservering 1 hr ago #40

From Futurism today: Americans Have Turned Against AI in Incredible Numbers highplainsdem 1 hr ago #42

After you work all day talking to an algorithm, will it still remember to pick up milk? Emile 5 hrs ago #13

AI destroys critical thinking and makes the whole world dumber and more pliable for the oligarchs. Nt Fiendish Thingy 4 hrs ago #14

And the data centers are accellerating the destruction Bettie 4 hrs ago #17

Any true artist can tell you misanthrope 21 min ago #48

Bookmarking! Drum 4 hrs ago #19

Re DUers posting and sometimes creating AI images - it makes DU look much less liberal than it should highplainsdem 3 hrs ago #22

STOLEN intellectual property orthoclad 1 hr ago #26

Btw, thanks for posting those links, werdna! Important info there. highplainsdem 2 hrs ago #23

You're welcome! n/t werdna 1 hr ago #39

AI wastes huge amounts of electricity and water orthoclad 2 hrs ago #25

Nah Cosmocat 1 hr ago #30

There is evidence that AI killed those Iranian schoolgirls. orthoclad 1 hr ago #31

Whether it'll be good or bad is for the future. 3825-87867 1 hr ago #33

I have found AI to be an efficient and effective tool anciano 1 hr ago #34

The world is not ready for AI Smilo 1 hr ago #35

The dangers far outweigh the benefits Ponietz 1 hr ago #36

AI is a tool, for now. Someday, we might need to shut it off. louis-t 1 hr ago #37

Some day all those people who need AI GenThePerservering 1 hr ago #41

Thank you all - werdna 1 hr ago #43

Are we cool with those now in control of AI? blubunyip 43 min ago #46

The printing press will be the END of civilization!!! WarGamer 14 min ago #50

Keep feeding disinformation to AI bucolic_frolic 9 min ago #52