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I stopped drinking the AI Kool-Aid

67 points · 46 comments · joshtronic

  1. jostylr · · focus · HN ↗
    Reasonable piece. I always thought the hope&#x2F;promise of AI was to make it do the work we don&#x27;t want to do so that we can enjoy life the way we want to which is typically socializing with humans? I get that it generates so much that if you are reviewing thoughtfully everything it is doing, it can suck you away like being a worker at a conveyor belt, but hopefully that is a short period of growing pains. A related take on staying human in the age of AI: <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;charleseisenstein.substack.com&#x2F;p&#x2F;the-lost-subject-ai-and-the-human" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;charleseisenstein.substack.com&#x2F;p&#x2F;the-lost-subject-ai...
    1. joshtronic · · focus · HN ↗
      I&#x27;m pretty biased these days, but I don&#x27;t think the bean counters share that vision of the positive impact that AI could have on our working lives.

      Appreciate the link!

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