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A lot of people at my work, especially managerment, are very pro AI. I've haven't openly shared my opinion of AI/the fact that I don't use it, because the hype around AI seems almost cult like at my work. It was months before anyone brought up hallunications.

Part of me wants to share my reasons against AI at work. Some possible reasons I'm thinking of sharing are cooking the planet, you don't know when it is hallucinating so how do you trust it, critical thinking rot.

Any advice on discussing the negatives of AI at work? Or should I just keep my head down and let sloppers slop?

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[–] cerement@slrpnk.net 6 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago)
  • ELIZA effect – 1966 to give you an idea how long this idea’s been around
  • “it’s all about the grift” – techbros lusting after their anime sex-slaves and bosses trying to fire every worker they can’t underpay or offshore
  • “just one more prompt bro” – psychological addition to a program designed to be obsequious, programmed to apologize profusely and lay on the praise thickly, one more pull on the slot machine coding prompt
  • “prompts are cheaper than therapy” – when your country blames mental health on moral failings instead of societal failings
  • “bullshit generators for bullshit jobs” – the job is meaningless, you know it’s meaningless, but you’re required to pretend it’s important – your boss is running his bullet points through a bullshit generator to email you an essay that you run through a bullshit generator to summarize as bullet points