You know what the biggest problem with pushing all-things-AI is? Wrong direction.
I want AI to do my laundry and dishes so that I can do art and writing, not for AI to do my art and writing so that I can do my laundry and dishes.
@AuthorJMac yes! This!
@AuthorJMac Yep, give me an AI that verifies images are real, not an AI that creates false images.
@toast Yes. AI that solves problems, not creates them.
@crcollins @AuthorJMac @Uncleharvey There are central vaccuum systems that do this and I want one.
@AuthorJMac I am not advocating for AI writing or art, but the ability for AI to make it is kind of a stepping stone on the way to a full AI robot that will do your laundry and dishes.
We're seeimg very competent ai-powered machines being built that are powered off of things like OpenAI. Did they have to capitalize on writing and art to get there? Probably not, but imo it did make it faster.
The unfortunate part is we have to try so hard to protect our work while we transition past this part.
@MichaelsMind My worry is that the price we pay now (art and writing compromised etc.) isn't going to lead us to any brighter future, because why money-hungry people would go there if they can get all the money now and easier?
I want to be hopeful, but I have my doubts.
@AuthorJMac And you should hold those doubts close you're heart as we make sure our spaces are protected.
Corporations will fund the future, but they'll consume it unless we keep them as honest and ethical as we can.
I don't think we have much of a choice in the matter either.
@AuthorJMac I fully agree. The challenge is that there is a correct way to do stuff like laundry and dishes, with material consequences if AI gets it wrong, so not an easy initial use case for new technology that is still kinda random. The element of chance has long been welcome in creative work, sometimes embraced and celebrated.
@colby It's a different creative "element of chance" though than a glitch in the algorithm that can count fingers or doesn't know how fabric folds.
@AuthorJMac If it does the laundry and dishes in the same half-assed way it tries to do art and writing, I probably don't want it doing that, either.
@sothach Lol, soooo true!
@AuthorJMac I just asked AI, and it informed me that dishwashers, as well as washers and dryers exist.
@anakin78z Once they can load and unload themselves, we can talk. Otherwise, I'm still doing dishes and laundry.
@AuthorJMac
You're not doing laundry and dishes. You're just loading and unloading.
AI art doesn't generate and apply itself either.
@anakin78z You're seriously missing the point.
@AuthorJMac You asked for dishwashing and laundry to be automated. People did. Now you're saying 'not like that'.
People are automating art & writing. But it doesn't replace the whole process. The idea that AI replaces every part of the process is fully false. So your analogy doesn't work. If you look at any production out there actually using AI, they take weeks, months, etc. Why? Because it's just another tool in a process.
If you want tools to free up your time, they probably can already.
@anakin78z No, I said that if we're automating anything with AI, I'd prefer automation of things that people generally don't enjoy than things that people do enjoy. Laundry and dishes were just examples.
And if you think it doesn't replace the whole process, you haven't been paying attention to what's going on in creative industries and those industries who used to employ creative freelancers.
It could have been just a tool. It's been a money-saving and money grabbing replacement which development's ethical side is in question. To me, AI isn't the next step in creativity. It's a tool of greed.
It could have been great. But well, some humans prove over and over again that we can't have nice things.
The dishwashing process in my very large family is as follows:
We pre-clean everything by hand or the crumbs clog the washer. Dishwasher runs 2-3 times at least.
Then it needs to be sorted, dried, and put away.
We cook every day.
The many big bowls and pots used for cooking, and containers of left-overs just emptied do not fit into the dishwasher in an efficient manner and must be hand washed and hand dried.
They’re split between several rooms.
Pls automate.
@astroPug @AuthorJMac the idea that AI removes all work is false. It's part of a process, just as doing your dishes in a dishwasher is part of a process. Reading your post, I think your process has lots of room for improvement, but it's not going to be fully automated.
Nobody will make money from cleaning your dishes.
People can make money from making and selling art.
@AuthorJMac Very well said and spot on.
@AuthorJMac turns out that art and writing were the easy jobs and we should have been paying maid and janitors more all this time.