Re: Feeling happy to join the community.

On Sat, 2024-11-09 at 18:54 -0500, Karl Vogel wrote:
> ChatGPT made it easier for kids to write papers and "devs" to write
> crappy stackoverflow answers with *zero* thought or effort.

Hi,

at the end of the 80s, beginning of the 90s, I got involved with AI. At
that time, computers were still largely unsuitable for the kind of
applications that exist today, but you could already see where it was
going, because AI was probably already being used to murder people, at
least that's what I assume from the TV show called “Gulf War”.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gulf_War#/media/File:Gulf_war_target_cam.jpg

At that time, Joseph Weizenbaum became one of my role models.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_Weizenbaum

I gave up on AI because I didn't have the money for suitable computers,
not because I'm a critic of the stupid use of AI.

https://futurama.fandom.com/wiki/Hedonismbot

Nowadays I don't bother with it because I'm too old and want to devote
my time to creating art.
I think something like ChatGPT sucks, I don't know what's available in
this area on FreeBSD or Linux, but AI can also be used sensibly.

I appreciate for example that image processing with the help of AI can
crop objects or creatures on photos (at least this is available as
software that runs on proprietary operating systems
https://apps.apple.com/de/app/scan-thing-scan-anything/id1542730895?platform=iphone
), so I don't have to work with the green screen or spend hours with
lasso tools.

I prefer to make music, draw, write something etc. myself and I would
also prefer to do it myself if these strange AI apps were good at it,
but so far they are not. Even where they are able to produce impressive
results, they only adopt styles, they don't create them.

But even if they could be truly creative, I want to express myself, the
fulfillment for me is in the making, not just the intellectual, but also
the craft, so even if my brushstroke is less practiced than an AI's, it
would still be my brushstroke.

There is certainly no clear dividing line between the stupid and the
sensible use of AI. When I'm in a hurry, I sometimes type in German and
have it translated into English to reply to a mailing list, but it's
translating my own thoughts. I'm also trying to improve my own English
skills, so I like to write without translation aids.

https://www.deepl.com/de/translator

Regards,
Ralfbot :)