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@gisgeek Yeah, nothing's perfect, and expecting something to be so is just as naïve as huffing hopium while waiting for someone else to decide how our future turns out.
We get to ask the questions, say what is desirable and what is not, and use our influence to help steer our society in a positive direction, through political engagement, lawmaking, public discourse and consensus-building.
Yes, this isn't black/white, but simple questions can help us see if this shade of grey is dark or light.
@gisgeek The impact of #AI on society isn't actually such a large topic.
We can easily cut right through the rhetoric and complexities, and ask one simple question:
Does using #AI help us create a society that is better for all of us?
Those who say yes tend to be of the techno-optimist type, always hoping, looking forward, maybe a bit naïve?
Those who say no tend to be the realist type, looking at what happens today and shaking their head in dissent.
Those who are deep experts, shout #NoAI!
@gisgeek I think polls like these are useful for identifying where it would make sense to introduce a "Drivers license for #AI".
Clearly, this tool is being used to hurt people today – in too many ways to list here.
Does the few positive/constructive use cases weigh up against the damage that is done by #LLM tools today?
Clearly not.
And this is important because we don't live on our separate software/tech bubbles. We live in a society, together with everyone else.
@gisgeek I get your analogies, though I'm afraid they might be failing you.
The #LLM tools today aren't like CGI or digital art or the introduction of television.
Your examples are are tools of the hand and of trade and markets.
#AI tools are tools of the mind. They aren't just a support for thinking, but increasingly a _replacement_ for thinking, and this includes all the consequences that come from this.
We regulated the use of tools to avoid the bad behavior. Maybe do the same with AI?
@gisgeek what do you mean with "be more coherent"?
@gisgeek My avatar image was drawn by an illustrator on a commission. I don't have the skills to draw. 
(That reminds me, I really should reach out to them to commission an update)
Though my question wasn't about your intention with the image, but rather what the audience/reader associates with it, when seeing it.
I think that their thoughts matter, though of course this doesn't have to mean their thoughts matter _to you_. (And that's fine, really. You do you! 
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@gisgeek I think that strictly within the software development field, you may have a point - under the right circumstances.
Sadly, these tools aren't _only_ used for supporting highly skilled software developers.
Just take a look at your profile photo - clearly generated! What do you think this tells people about yourself?
This is what I'm asking in the poll: Does the next person seeing that image associate it with a positive, negative, or no change in quality?
Makes you think, no?
Here's a thought experiment.
Imagine a stamp mark with the words "Made with #AI" on it.
If you see this mark on a picture, illustration, mobile app, song, movie, or story - do you get the notion that this product is of higher, lower or unchanged quality?
If you see two identical products for the same price, where one has an AI mark and the other doesn't - which one would you buy?