I’m curious to get a general pulse on how people here view the rapid evolution of AI, specifically on lemmy. On one side, there’s growing interest in local open-weights models, self-hosted setups, and practical developer/productivity tools. On the other, there seems to be a growing list, I can’t keep track of, that are seen as major concerns. I’m not here to pick sides or be biased in one corner. Im genuinely curious what people have to say about AI in general. And maybe it will help me and other get a better handle on how we perceived it in our ever changing world.
I think that LLMs are very useful for specific tasks, but they’re being pushed as if they’re useful for almost everything.
I also have huge ethical concerns over LLM-peddlers’ treatment of the environment.
I’m alarmed by some people’s susceptibility to falling for obvious slop and worried about what will happen if and when the slop gets less obvious.
I’m frustrated with many people who share those concerns conflating LLMs with the general concept of intelligence that is artificial.