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The main "real-world" use cases for AI use for now have been:

- shooting buildings in Gaza https://apnews.com/article/israel-palestinians-ai-weapons-43...

- compiling a list of information on Government workers in US https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/elon-musk-s-doge-usi...

- creating a few losy music videos

I'd argue we'd be better off SLOWING DOWN with that shit




You seem ideology motivated instead of truth motivated which makes you untrustworthy.


So give some citations of other notable uses?


I don't trust you to listen objectively so why would I tell you anything?


Programming is not real world?


Yeah right. We also got "vibe coding" out of it.


I said "the main use cases", not "the little toys to distract and amuse engineers while the ruin the environment with CO2 emissions"


It is not a little toy, and when you consider the carbon footprint of humans and the productivity savings afforded by AI the balance evens out. AI is a very powerful technology if you know how to wield it.




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