Genuine Question Why are we marketing AI as a tool of the future? This is like when it was 1999 and everyone swore the world would end at 2000. And then nothing happened. Or that the 2000s would be a sci-fi high tech reality. Yet this fast paced fantasy became soulless very quickly. I saw an advertisement for Gemini that featured a newsletter announcement seemingly handwritten saying “Refusing to use AI is like writing like this when there’s a text box available (so get with it or be left behind)”. My only question is why? Why is handwriting seen as the lesser option? Why is the natural human subpar. Why should I get left behind if I refuse intergrating AI into every aspect of my life? I’m not going to act high and mighty as if I haven’t intentionally used AI, but this oversaturation is getting way out of hand. When I look up the definition of a tool, not using the AI overview, the definition says: noun 1. a device or implement, especially one held in the hand, used to carry out a particular function So essentially what we’re saying about AI is that we need it to complete the work we’ve done the entirety of our lives without it, now that its here? To complete our tasks we need the AI? Or are we marketing this as a tool in order to justify not evolving with high-tech times. I want to know why such an advertisement is so harsh to audiences you WANT to use AI. In a way, this reminds me of authoratarianism: “Do X or Y will happen”. Somehow, this tool does not feel optional in any capacity. We’ve seen that AI does more harm than good and relies on human credibility to revise, fact check, and clarify. So why not just do it ourselves? Are we just lazy or are demands of the working class becoming extraterrestrial? maybe both? All I know is that shoving AI down our throats is not the answer. Why do you like AI? I’d really like to know the appeal from a variety of perspectives. submitted by /u/ifelldownthewell25
Originally posted by u/ifelldownthewell25 on r/ArtificialInteligence