Page 5 | I have begun relying on AI and I don’t know how I feel about it.

Tusktusk · 2025-05-21T21:16:40+00:00

So far this month I have used AI to: Analyse my colours (thanks MN) and suggest outfits Create a menu of packed lunches around my dietary requirements and preferences, complete with a shopping list Plan a holiday itinerary Save me hours and hours of work and stress by suggesting really useful ways to overcome very particular work difficulties, having been thrown into an out of my comfort zone situation. I have used AI for this on a daily basis this week Tonight, instead of posting my current family dilemma on mumsnet I chatted about it with Claude. The responses were really good. Wise, thoughtful, non judgemental, practical, understanding… like the best mumsnetters. Am I starting to rely on it too much? What have you been using it for?

CapitalAtRisk · 17/06/2025 10:41

TipsyPoster · 17/06/2025 10:13

are you stupid? tiktok, facebook etc are all forms of social media, where PEOPLE create content, not AIs, PEOPLE have programmed these platforms not AIs, please get some help! can you give me 3 logical points of why ai is good. PEOPLE CAN'T THINK ANYMORE BECAUSE OF BLOOMING AI

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Yeah, I think I've got an idea who's not THINKING here...

As @Swirlythingy2025 pointed out, there are massive breakthroughs being made thanks to AI. You might as well say "DON'T USE COMPUTERS THEY ARE EEEEVIL!!!"

TipsyPoster · 17/06/2025 10:39

Swirlythingy2025 · 17/06/2025 10:36

those risks.
they have always been there as society progresses

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yes but above all people don't know how to think
kids don't do there homework
and adults don't do their work

Swirlythingy2025 · 17/06/2025 10:36

TipsyPoster · 17/06/2025 10:35

had what?

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those risks.
they have always been there as society progresses

TipsyPoster · 17/06/2025 10:35

Swirlythingy2025 · 17/06/2025 10:34

but then people have always had those even during the days of wikipedia etc, or the automation of factories = jobs etc

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had what?

Swirlythingy2025 · 17/06/2025 10:34

TipsyPoster · 17/06/2025 10:32

they are also taking our jobs in medicine
self driving cars have many ethical reasons
and people are getting lazier like the OP

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but then people have always had those even during the days of wikipedia etc, or the automation of factories = jobs etc

TipsyPoster · 17/06/2025 10:32

Swirlythingy2025 · 17/06/2025 10:25

better advancements eg medical
better self driving cars and other transport
better montioring systems for security think the machine from the show person of intrest

they are also taking our jobs in medicine
self driving cars have many ethical reasons
and people are getting lazier like the OP

Swirlythingy2025 · 17/06/2025 10:26

pus you used a source dated 2023 that in tech is a dinosaur

Swirlythingy2025 · 17/06/2025 10:25

better advancements eg medical
better self driving cars and other transport
better montioring systems for security think the machine from the show person of intrest

TipsyPoster · 17/06/2025 10:20

Swirlythingy2025 · 17/06/2025 10:15

so its ok to not think about the environment then ? and your happy for computers using water to cool the servers etc ? even considering the amout of misinformation there is on facebook / tiktok etc and the enviromental from all these ?

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they dont even use HALF the amount of water chat.gpt uses compared to tiktok, facebook etc and you igonred what i said at the end of people relying on ai and don't know how to think these days. give me 3 logical reasons to justify ai.

I have begun relying on AI and I don’t know how I feel about it.

Swirlythingy2025 · 17/06/2025 10:15

TipsyPoster · 17/06/2025 10:13

are you stupid? tiktok, facebook etc are all forms of social media, where PEOPLE create content, not AIs, PEOPLE have programmed these platforms not AIs, please get some help! can you give me 3 logical points of why ai is good. PEOPLE CAN'T THINK ANYMORE BECAUSE OF BLOOMING AI

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so its ok to not think about the environment then ? and your happy for computers using water to cool the servers etc ? even considering the amout of misinformation there is on facebook / tiktok etc and the enviromental from all these ?

TipsyPoster · 17/06/2025 10:13

Swirlythingy2025 · 17/06/2025 10:11

then by that do you agree we shut down facebook, shut down tiktok, shut down mumsnet. shut down google ?

because its all the same servers / computers

if you agree we should shut all those etc then yes we agree to shut down Ai too

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are you stupid? tiktok, facebook etc are all forms of social media, where PEOPLE create content, not AIs, PEOPLE have programmed these platforms not AIs, please get some help! can you give me 3 logical points of why ai is good. PEOPLE CAN'T THINK ANYMORE BECAUSE OF BLOOMING AI

Swirlythingy2025 · 17/06/2025 10:11

TipsyPoster · 17/06/2025 10:10

How dumb can you be? All these warehouses full of computers and a shit ton of water, being constantly regenerated, its not better for our society, it harms our environment, are you sick in the head??

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then by that do you agree we shut down facebook, shut down tiktok, shut down mumsnet. shut down google ?

because its all the same servers / computers

if you agree we should shut all those etc then yes we agree to shut down Ai too

TipsyPoster · 17/06/2025 10:10

Swirlythingy2025 · 17/06/2025 10:04

yes because its for the betterment of society, all the new tech that can be deveopled from it, all the medical information / treatments that can be made or improved.

1 scientist + breakthrough in science etc 1 year
1 fully trained AI days at most etc

thats why im for it all

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How dumb can you be? All these warehouses full of computers and a shit ton of water, being constantly regenerated, its not better for our society, it harms our environment, are you sick in the head??

Swirlythingy2025 · 17/06/2025 10:05

Consider AlphaFold, the DeepMind system that deciphered protein folding structures with an accuracy and speed that would take human researchers decades.

Swirlythingy2025 · 17/06/2025 10:04

TipsyPoster · 17/06/2025 10:00

AI is taking over and you're the people aiding it. You're a grown woman get a grip!

yes because its for the betterment of society, all the new tech that can be deveopled from it, all the medical information / treatments that can be made or improved.

1 scientist + breakthrough in science etc 1 year
1 fully trained AI days at most etc

thats why im for it all

TipsyPoster · 17/06/2025 10:00

AI is taking over and you're the people aiding it. You're a grown woman get a grip!

Swirlythingy2025 · 17/06/2025 10:00

with job losses always been a factor as any tech improves, why should that be a reason to prevent AI otherwise society would still be using horse and plough on farmers fields etc ?

Swirlythingy2025 · 17/06/2025 09:56

VeryQuaintIrene · 17/06/2025 09:50

As they say in my adopted southern US state, you what, now?

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im not sure how many have seen the latest mission impossible film ? tom cruise, well the danger in the lastest one is an Ai system that takes control of the worlds nukes etc

VeryQuaintIrene · 17/06/2025 09:50

Swirlythingy2025 · 17/06/2025 09:27

its hardly going to be the entity from mission impossible etc

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As they say in my adopted southern US state, you what, now?

MistressoftheDarkSide · 17/06/2025 09:49

Well when the people who pioneered AI are backing out of the industry going "woah, this is a genie that should be stuffed back into the bottle" and essentially experiencing the Oppenheimer epiphany, I think it's worth paying attention.

Or are they all pearl clutching regressives too?

Progress for progress sake is a folly.

Swirlythingy2025 · 17/06/2025 09:30

ColourlessGreenIdeasSleepFuriously · 16/06/2025 20:10

Bollocks. What is not logical about the massive energy and water cost and the unparalleled risk of misinformation?

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whats logical about the amout of energy used for watching tv, for having steros / music systems on, for using electric to charge cars etc all that takes alot more juice.

not to mention all the power for facebook servers, mumsnet severs etc they are all on similar tech etc and all use power,

as for misinformation , in that case shut down facebook / tiktok because they reeach a wider audiance of people and influence alot more people/

plus people would not auto trust the media stories so why then do they auto trust ai ?

Swirlythingy2025 · 17/06/2025 09:27

VeryQuaintIrene · 16/06/2025 20:12

Swirlything, you show very little understanding of the implications of AI if you think it's like anything in past human history, especially the facile analogies you offer.

its hardly going to be the entity from mission impossible etc

Swirlythingy2025 · 17/06/2025 09:25

chaosmaker · 16/06/2025 20:31

this sounds like something an ai would write. as have all the previous posts from this name

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except my grammer and spellling would be perfect and my arguments and points would be alot better thoguht out and i would produce alot better analysis for my points too

Swirlythingy2025 · 17/06/2025 09:24

MistressoftheDarkSide · 16/06/2025 20:08

What's illogical about pointing out that job losses and the re-shaping of the world of work is going to happen faster than it can be adjusted to, and will have deep and problematic effects on the economy, likely destabilising it in an unprecedented way because it's not comparable to the relatively slow process of industrialisation over the last two hundred years?

What's illogical about pointing out the scope for psychological impacts of interacting with and relying on AI that again, have no frame of reference?

What's illogical about questioning whether the environmental impact is worth the alleged benefits?

Exactly what is your definition of illogical??

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when it holds back progress of technology, jobs have always been at risk due to tech, eg full automation in factories etc but no one stopped tech then, or self service tills, etc so why now just because its Ai

chaosmaker · 16/06/2025 20:31

Swirlythingy2025 · 16/06/2025 19:59

but most are not logical objections its more nostalgia for the past rather than improving society for the future

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this sounds like something an ai would write. as have all the previous posts from this name