OK, so let's say me and some friends started a tech company/consultancy that refused to use "AI", would this encourage you choose us over others?

[phf@mastodon.de]

@14mission Oh I agree that the term "AI" is the worst term ever. But I feel like "they" ruined the term so I used it only in the "ruined" sense of gargantuan Markov text generator thingy. Things like pattern recognition using neural networks is what I grew up with and I still think it has purpose. Alas even a plain old neural network needs to never be in direct control of an insulin pump or the rudder on a plane. Never. @requiem

[gerbsen@gruene.social]

@requiem not if you sell ai services

[jens@toots.nu]

@requiem

I think it’s short sighted talking about AI or not-AI. Today, AI has its uses, but it’s not the end all other technologies. Plus there’s a lot of problems that need addressing.

For most, it seems to have become a buzzword like multimedia was. But you still need a use case.

[cleder@hachyderm.io]

@requiem Depends, use AI for what?

[kevinrns@mstdn.social]

@requiem

Yes

[justinmac84@mastodon.social]

@requiem there should be an it depends option. What's the AI being used for? How was it trained? Does it negatively impact the quality of your product. Will the AI being used have a negative environmental impact?

[bleepbloop@ravenation.club]

@requiem all things being equal, yes.

[scipoltech@mastodon.online]

@requiem I really think it would depend on how you define 'AI' and what your doing... E.g. in my scientific work I use quite a few tool that are now branded, at least by some, as 'AI'. This is categorically different from LLM slop generation or trying to replace graphic designers with a diffusion model. I care about ethics, honesty, and using appropriate tools for the job over what it's being branded as. Cutting the BS language would be great too, of course!

[rhold@norden.social]

@requiem not surprised that there is a lot of "theoretical" sympathy. But do we - the people - have money and contacts to offer? I very much doubt it

[fluidlogic@oldbytes.space]

@jlapoutre @requiem it's as much a filter for the types of clients this putative agency wants to attract as it is a signal for clients.

Speaking for myself, I don't want to work with clients who think LLMs are a solution to anything.

[frytg@beoriginal.social]

@requiem @downey to me the question is not IF but HOW you use it. AI will be like electricity, it’s about how efficient and knowledgeable/ careful you are about it

[downey@floss.social]

@FRYTG @requiem

[requiem@masto.hackers.town]

I would love to get 1000 responses here, hint hint...

[csara@vmst.io]

@requiem Where do I apply?

[sauc3@hachyderm.io]

@requiem

Not only would I want to hire you, I suspect that you'd be flooded by people who want to work for you as well.

Interesting side note, the replies provided a bonanza of bozos to block.

[missgayle@urbanists.social]

@requiem

Absolutely.

[jackyan@mastodon.social]

@requiem No-brainer for me. (Voted yes.)

[mastokarl@mastodon.social]

@phf @14mission @requiem I don‘t get it. What have LLMs ruined? Traditional symbolic AI was in no way more AI than the currently trending AI flavor. Expert systems had/have their use. Classic NNs had/have their use. LLMs had/have their use. What exactly is the difference in your opinion (other than nobody pumped even a fraction of the money into expert systems than now into LLMs)

[catzilla@toot.cat]

@requiem You can market yourself as “boutique consulting for software craftsmanship”

I feel like there are people willing to pay a premium for the quality of that over the mediocrity of AI generated code

[aqeeliz@floss.social]

@requiem From my experience, most people that want something built don't care about these details. If the software works, they don't care. If someone can do the same job with same guarantees but half the price, people will choose them.

The responses on fediverse will be very biased for this poll. If you seriously want to start such a business, I'll highly recommend doing some research from non-tech / business oriented people.