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?

[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.

[xwood4000@spacey.space]

@requiem I'm not in any position to hire a tech consultancy, but especially for open source projects I would require it so that the project doesn't get IP contaminated

[energisch_@troet.cafe]

@requiem pretty obvious, isn't it? 🧠 #NoAI

[mage_of_chaos@mastodon.social]

@requiem

Yeah, that's kind of why I decided to stop making my own AI/bots.

Thatband the old roomates and chat rooms stealing my accounts to make scammer ones!

[jackeric@beige.party]

@requiem yes and can I come work for you

[jackeric@beige.party]

@requiem @SteveThompson it's a thought experiment not an actual pitch for funding steve

[requiem@masto.hackers.town]

woohoo, 1000!

[fig@theforkiverse.com]

@Linux_in_a_Bit @requiem nbjs - no bullshit just software. (Apologies to Erik Aanderaa)

[requiem@masto.hackers.town]

Thank-you to everyone who participated, I never thought so many people would respond and the results are a lot more lopsided than I expected.

I'm going to be writing a blog post about this soon with more details about what's next.