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highplainsdem

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14. I don't believe using genAI for coding or brainstorming begins to offset all the harm it does,

Reply to LearnedHand (Reply #11)

Sun Apr 27, 2025, 09:24 PM

Apr 2025

starting with the original crime of ripping off the world's intellectual property.

There are risks with using AI to generate code. For instance:

https://cset.georgetown.edu/publication/cybersecurity-risks-of-ai-generated-code/

And using it for brainstorming will dumb you down, even if you pat yourself on the back if the chatbot happens to accidentally hit on an idea while you're using it that hadn't occurred to you previously.

It's not as if you guys are using AlphaFold with its legal training data.

You're talking about ChatGPT, and the OP glorifies genAI and belittles human intelligence. It's one of the most bizarre things I've ever read.

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The Cure for AI writer's block... Paste this into your chats before you start... [View all] mikelewis Apr 2025 OP

Or use your own damn brain. Ocelot II Apr 2025 #1

Yes. Using AI encourages you to stop thinking, dumb yourself down and deskill yourself, while handing more highplainsdem Apr 2025 #3

AI is a blight on civilization. It encourages us to be lazy, unimaginative and stupid, Ocelot II Apr 2025 #4

And don't forget - adds to global warming TommyT139 Apr 2025 #5

We're already paying for it, but it's likely to get much worse. And genAI is an ideal tech for authoritarian highplainsdem Apr 2025 #6

This is not correct if you use it as the OP outlined LearnedHand Apr 2025 #7

I've read thousands of articles on AI in the last few years and talked to lots of experts on AI and its highplainsdem Apr 2025 #9

I get what you're saying but i think it's too simplistic a judgment LearnedHand Apr 2025 #11

I don't believe using genAI for coding or brainstorming begins to offset all the harm it does, highplainsdem Apr 2025 #14

This message was self-deleted by its author bucolic_frolic Apr 2025 #2

This is brilliant! Where did you learn to chain your prompts like this? LearnedHand Apr 2025 #8

I have been using AI for a while now... mikelewis Apr 2025 #10

Prompt engineering is THE secret for sure LearnedHand Apr 2025 #12

Put this in your GPT traits.... mikelewis Apr 2025 #13