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Re: Multiple commencement speakers booed for AI comments during graduation speeches

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Post by va1a »

I've noticed, as a student, that many college students - particularly those not in STEM/engineering fields - have an almost irrational hatred of AI. It's to the point where they'll mock you for using it, even when it provides such an insane productivity boost. I understand the disdain for trying to inject the concept everywhere, and like any new technology, it's apt to be used where it is unneeded, and mentioned when it is irrelevant.

But this luddite-like hatred needs also to be addressed. You can't turn your back on a helpful new technology just because it shakes things up. Students need to learn to use it more than constantly boo and ignore it. Especially those in non-STEM fields, where its usage might be more optional currently.

Re: Multiple commencement speakers booed for AI comments during graduation speeches

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Post by _heimdall »

NDlurker wrote: post #5

I saw Dr. Fauci give a commencement speech over the weekend and was cheered for warning people about the massive increase in misinformation/disinformation, how AI is enabling it, and that they need to use their critical thinking skills when confronted with it.

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Re: Multiple commencement speakers booed for AI comments during graduation speeches

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Post by daveguy »

embedding-shape wrote: post #24
daveguy wrote: post #12

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Yeah, maybe they should listen for once. Every indie developer should be working to get people off the big tech slop treadmill.

> Every indie developer should be working to get people off the big tech slop treadmill. And what exactly are we supposed to do? Just try to ship alternatives to big tech slop? Actively try to work against them? Publish cracked software so they stop earning money? Genuinely asking, as I'm not sure sure indie developers are the ones who should try to work against these enormous corporations, it's typically the job of…

Agreed. The most effective efforts aren't going to come from indie developers. They aren't software issues, more regulatory. Busting up big tech into "baby bells" is the number one thing that needs to be done.

But now that we have essentially "boilerplate for free", I hope the degoogle/demeta/etc and self-hosted efforts are boosted in a way that even my mom can migrate away without much trouble. But that'll probably take real AI and not slop based addiction machines.

Re: Multiple commencement speakers booed for AI comments during graduation speeches

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Post by seltzerboys »

LtWorf wrote: post #27
damnitbuilds wrote: post #20

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I'm sorry, can you explain what the link with "woke" is in this video?

disagreeing with something is part of discourse? booing is a practice as old as the practice of giving lectures in front of an audience. there's nothing 'newfangled' or 'woke' or 'scary' about booing something.

Re: Multiple commencement speakers booed for AI comments during graduation speeches

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Post by phito »

va1a wrote: post #31

I've noticed, as a student, that many college students - particularly those not in STEM/engineering fields - have an almost irrational hatred of AI. It's to the point where they'll mock you for using it, even when it provides such an insane productivity boost. I understand the disdain for trying to inject the concept everywhere, and like any new technology, it's apt to be used where it is unneeded, and mentioned when…

I use AI a lot for development, but I am not sure why students should "embrace" the new technology made to take the job they are studying for.

Re: Multiple commencement speakers booed for AI comments during graduation speeches

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Post by breezybottom »

va1a wrote: post #31

I've noticed, as a student, that many college students - particularly those not in STEM/engineering fields - have an almost irrational hatred of AI. It's to the point where they'll mock you for using it, even when it provides such an insane productivity boost. I understand the disdain for trying to inject the concept everywhere, and like any new technology, it's apt to be used where it is unneeded, and mentioned when…

You do realize luddites were people made unemployable and impoverished by new technology? Calling them luddites just proves their point.

Re: Multiple commencement speakers booed for AI comments during graduation speeches

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Post by embedding-shape »

daveguy wrote: post #33
embedding-shape wrote: post #24

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> Every indie developer should be working to get people off the big tech slop treadmill. And what exactly are we supposed to do? Just try to ship alternatives to big tech slop? Actively try to work against them? Publish cracked software so they stop earning money? Genuinely asking, as I'm not sure sure indie developers are the ones who should try to work against these enormous corporations, it's typically the job of…

Agreed. The most effective efforts aren't going to come from indie developers. They aren't software issues, more regulatory. Busting up big tech into "baby bells" is the number one thing that needs to be done. But now that we have essentially "boilerplate for free", I hope the degoogle/demeta/etc and self-hosted efforts are boosted in a way that even my mom can migrate away without much trouble. But that'll probably…

> self-hosted efforts are boosted in a way that even my mom can migrate away without much trouble

I love self-hosting, been doing it myself for quite some time already, and also notice a slight uptick among friends and acquaintances also interested in the same. When it comes to businesses, the ones that didn't already host their data in Europe/EU, are now desperately moving the data, but almost none of them go on-prem/self-hosted, for the typical reasons.

So, while there is a slight uptick, I'm not sure this is the "local stacks" moment, and also not sure that's actually what the public wants. I sometimes dream of setting up a company basically focused on helping people do more self-hosting in various ways, but after looking into it more, I always end up with the feeling that people typically don't actually want self-hosting, most people don't seem to care where the data lives. That'd be such a dream business though, so it's hard to let go of the idea :)

Re: Multiple commencement speakers booed for AI comments during graduation speeches

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Post by seltzerboys »

va1a wrote: post #31

I've noticed, as a student, that many college students - particularly those not in STEM/engineering fields - have an almost irrational hatred of AI. It's to the point where they'll mock you for using it, even when it provides such an insane productivity boost. I understand the disdain for trying to inject the concept everywhere, and like any new technology, it's apt to be used where it is unneeded, and mentioned when…

i think 'shake things up' is a doing a lot of work to minimize the impact this tool will have for this demographic in particular. especially for non-STEM college students, so in theory students who read/write a lot and therefore are probably sick of reading a lot of mid-tier, averaging slop.

Re: Multiple commencement speakers booed for AI comments during graduation speeches

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Post by Mizza »

muglug wrote: post #7

I’m reasonably certain that Schmidt anticipated that reaction after the first speaker was booed. It had the vibe of “These people need to hear the Truth”.

Eric Schmidt also raped a woman forty years younger than him, the students were objecting to that as much as the AI. Maybe don't schedule public speaking events after being accused of rape if you don't want to get booed.

Re: Multiple commencement speakers booed for AI comments during graduation speeches

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Post by Levitz »

keybored wrote: post #10
muglug wrote: post #7

I’m reasonably certain that Schmidt anticipated that reaction after the first speaker was booed. It had the vibe of “These people need to hear the Truth”.

It isn’t every day that Big Tech execs get to hear the truth of everyperson sentiment.

I don't think college campuses are exactly representative of "everyperson sentiment".

There was a time in which they deserved some respect, as a result of free exchange of ideas among intellectuals. That's far behind by now.

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