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AI Has No Wisdom and Neither Will You

388 points · 554 comments · dimonomid

  1. _usefulcat · · focus · HN ↗
    > I’m going to make a prediction of my own… In the future we will see more and more companies proudly boasting their “NO-AI” policy as a competitive advantage. And they will be right

    I'm going to make my own prediction: this isn't going to happen

    1. Kuyawa · · focus · HN ↗
      Luddites have existed since the dawn of times:

        "We're not going to use tractors to plow the fields"
  "We're not going to use trucks to deliver our produce"
  "We're not going to use planes to meet with our global partners"
  "We're not going to use computers to run our business"
  "We're not going to open a web shop, brick and mortar forever"
  "We're not going to use AI to make decisions for us"
      1. physicallyIllfr · · focus · HN ↗
        Im assigning you some reading homework today (or have you totally offloaded your ability to read to LLMs too)?

        <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;archive.nytimes.com&#x2F;www.nytimes.com&#x2F;books&#x2F;97&#x2F;05&#x2F;18&#x2F;reviews&#x2F;pynchon-luddite.html?eafs_enabled=false" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;archive.nytimes.com&#x2F;www.nytimes.com&#x2F;books&#x2F;97&#x2F;05&#x2F;18&#x2F;r...

        And why are the people calling people Luddite some of the least intelligent people I meet, and seem to be complete sheep fighting some psychological war on behalf of their billionaire lords who own the machinery.

        Not wanting to hand off all your labor to a machine does not make you a luddite, nor should it be acceptable to call people that because you dont know how to have a real conversation.

        1. sanderjd · · focus · HN ↗
          It seems like &quot;luddite&quot; is a reasonable description for a strict &quot;NO-AI&quot; policy. You softened it to &quot;not wanting to hand off all your labor&quot; in this comment, but the word &quot;any&quot; would be a more apt way to describe the quote in the comment you replied to.
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