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RE: https://hci.social/@fasterandworse/116586227741468965
You can't tell the world you use AI for *just this small thing* without contributing to the legitimacy of the whole AI industry.
You also can't use AI for *just this small thing* and think that you won't become the next *just this small thing*.
the boundaries that allow someone to embrace ai "as a tool" are all imaginary
I won't try to argue the ethical issues of using LLMs — because, as real as they are, when you use it for *just this small thing* you've made your choice.
I don't doubt how useful you believe it is for *just this small thing*, but I do doubt how much you really care about *just this small thing* to accept a product which is incidentally useful instead of recognising that any legitimate purpose deserves a product legitimately designed to satisfy it.
LLMs are not designed for a purpose. They are not designed for a group of related purposes. They are not a product of design.
They are a mechanism of design which is being reactively presented as solutions for whatever purposes seem to have the most revenue potential.
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