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nzall.bsky.social @nzall.bsky.social

I'm not too worried. This cycle has happened over and over again in history. Every new technology is feared at first. Trains. Planes. Telephones. Television. Writing. the Printing Press. Steam Engines. Cars. The Cotton Gin. If you can think of it, people have been worried about it.

apr 19, 2025, 1:42 pm • 0 0

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nzall.bsky.social @nzall.bsky.social

But what you find is that yes, these new technologies have reduced the market for certain jobs, but they have also created entirely new industries that weren't possible or feasible beforehand. I suspect this will also happen with AI eventually, even if we may not be able to see that right now.

apr 19, 2025, 1:47 pm • 0 0 • view
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DogDoor4 @dogdoor4.bsky.social

This is a little different. Our entire world now relies on software. While I'm I designing a process, I have the entire thing in my head and constantly run through all the logical possibilities. At the end of it, the types of bugs that are even possible in the finished code are limited.

apr 19, 2025, 1:55 pm • 0 0 • view
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DogDoor4 @dogdoor4.bsky.social

In a world with trained, experienced architects/designers/developers, you don't need AI. So the only reason to use AI is if you want to reduce your dependency on those expensive resources. But without that experience, the types of bugs that AI may generate are limitless.

apr 19, 2025, 1:55 pm • 0 0 • view
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DogDoor4 @dogdoor4.bsky.social

You not only have to test to check that the things you asked for work as expected, but that there is no hidden functionality that you didn't ask for!

apr 19, 2025, 1:57 pm • 0 0 • view
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nzall.bsky.social @nzall.bsky.social

That's just "hidden costs". Similar things happened early on with those other inventions as well, usually because of lack of regulations or central oversight. We're currently in the early days of AI, and I suspect that steps will be taken, both regulatory and functionally, to rein it all in.

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DogDoor4 @dogdoor4.bsky.social

Cool, well I'm sure you'll get a lot of satisfaction from telling a machine to do your job for you.

apr 19, 2025, 7:02 pm • 1 0 • view
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nzall.bsky.social @nzall.bsky.social

To be clear: I'm not happy with the state of AI right now either. There really needs to be a better legal framework for AI, but I am hopeful that one can exist which protects the rights of artists and other creators while also permitting humanity to use this technology for everyone's benefit.

apr 19, 2025, 9:24 pm • 0 0 • view