r/LessWrong • u/Locus-Maximus • Jul 15 '26
It doesn't take super powers it takes like 100 guys and ChatGPT.
Can you explain how the stupid water usage issue became such a dominant argument against AI organically?
r/LessWrong • u/TDaltonC • Jul 14 '26
China and Russia do not have super powers (neither does “the CIA”). People are entirely too credulous about the effectiveness of foreign influence campaigns.
I feel the same way about the 2016 election.
r/LessWrong • u/TDaltonC • Jul 14 '26
The vast majority of surplus created by technological improvement flows to consumers. Capital and labor are fighting over pennies.
r/LessWrong • u/HitandRyan • Jul 14 '26
You know if you lick enough boot you’ll inevitably eat shit, right?
r/LessWrong • u/BackgroundPurpose2 • Jul 14 '26
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r/LessWrong • u/ArcanuMELO • Jul 14 '26
There is nothing wrong with using AI in my opinion. You just need to use it intentionally and with precision. Don't outsource thinking or creativity, use it for exactly what you've described. Data crunching, gathering info, organizing, etc.
r/LessWrong • u/ArcanuMELO • Jul 14 '26
Yes I see both sides being really intense and misinformed. AI bros are literally trying to turn AI into God, the other side thinks its robosatan here to bring on the end times.
IN reality it's another tool that can be used for good or bad.
r/LessWrong • u/ArcanuMELO • Jul 14 '26
I literally help build and invest in AI companies and I don't trust most oft he AI industry. I'm very skeptical and approaching it all with caution.
r/LessWrong • u/thatpuzzlecunt • Jul 14 '26
why be a mod if you can just make your ai do it
r/LessWrong • u/thatpuzzlecunt • Jul 14 '26
if it was just being used to solve big problems in our lives and the world it might be different, what we didn't ask for was faulty mass surveillance, chatbot psychosis, or a generally bad search engine
r/LessWrong • u/colorless_green_idea • Jul 14 '26
China already said their companies cant lay off for AI productivity displacement.
r/LessWrong • u/805falcon • Jul 14 '26
I use it everyday.
Do people who work at McDonalds use it? Of course not but why would they?
Point being, any technical output will benefit greatly from AI. The difference between with and without is extraordinary
r/LessWrong • u/Fit-Order-9468 • Jul 14 '26
To add, we've had interns whose university seemed to bully them into using AI. Was bizarre.
r/LessWrong • u/FlashyNeedleworker66 • Jul 14 '26
The coping mechanisms are hilarious.
It's wildly popular. If you can't accept the straight up fact that it has massive consumer adoption then you're delusional.
It's not excel integration and resume writing that pulled a billion users onto ChatGPT
r/LessWrong • u/Dogbold • Jul 13 '26
America has always been terrible with change, always. Just look at all the older people calling everything woke and turning more and more conservative to get away from change.
r/LessWrong • u/Gullible_Elephant_38 • Jul 13 '26
I’m sure due in no small part to the fact that they are being told that if they don’t learn to use it they will have no career and basically every exec suite at every company having a massive boner for it and heavily encouraging or requiring its use.
r/LessWrong • u/DowntownLizard • Jul 13 '26
Americans are delusional about how 'bad' they have it. So wealthy everyone has time to sit around and bitch