#AI deskills people and is just probability and pattern matching

[fireolin]

I have a work thing to go to where they plan to show us how to use AI sensibly to improve our creativity, among other things. I’m dreading it due to my personal anti-generative AI stance, but will go to broaden my awareness.

If I don’t like something, I should still know what it’s about and understand what people are doing. I guess I’ll see for myself whether the way they’re suggesting we use it is ethical or not. For example, I don’t have an issue with spelling or grammar checking, or analysis of what I’ve written myself. I do have an issue with telling a program to generate paragraphs or descriptions based on an idea when writing fiction.

Another place I’m involved with is offering a seminar on using AI to translate your work into other languages, and claims the program works well. I also have issues with that, due to having met translators here on tumblr, and being aware that we as people understand nuance in a way machines can’t.

If anyone has thoughts on these things, you’re welcome to drop into my inbox.