Remember when cocaine and heroine were touted as miracle drugs and widely prescribed?

[rebeld@mstdn.ca]

Remember when cocaine and heroine were touted as miracle drugs and widely prescribed? Good times. That aged well.

#thisIsAboutAI

[8r3n7@mstdn.ca]

@rebeld LLMs are perhaps more comparable to something like PFAS?

Personally, I think the top two dangers of generative AI are the stupefaction (and related skill decay), and the opportunity cost of the investment.

Imagine if those resources had gone into energy and battery tech? Nuclear power advances? Or, gee, I don't know, *people* (via education, fair wages, etc.).