leroy_hoffenfeffer t1_j1ipur1 wrote on December 24, 2022 at 6:08 PM

Reply to comment by AndromedaAnimated in If your opinion is "it's good because it's AI," you're not really thinking very far ahead. by OldWorldRevival

>So you think that to know anything about AI you have to be in STEM? Is it because you are in STEM? Or why do you think that?

I wouldn't put it like that. What I would say is "If you want to speak about AI in any serious way, you should spend a good chunk of time understanding how it actually works, not how you think it works."

Based on my conversations yesterday, it doesn't seem like many people in this sub actually know how AI works.

For instance, with respect to the art tools, the AI is not 'inspired' by the artists it's been trained on. That's not how it works, that's not what's happening, so opinions espousing this viewpoint are ones I immediately dismiss.

AndromedaAnimated t1_j1j25on wrote on December 24, 2022 at 7:34 PM

I have also noticed that many people have not read much about the technical side of AI. The AI art topic specifically does have the potential to become pretty toxic.

But just like I wrote on the „should we ban anyone who is from antiwork subreddit“ thread I just don’t like the idea to ban opinion or forbid free speech, no matter how misinformed. I think it is important to allow the non-professional opinions, since those opinions are also influencing politics, and politics influence science (both financially and morally). That is why it is important to allow those people to ask. To say what they think. Only this way will their opinion become informed at some point.

And many people just don’t have the knowledge of scientific „dialect“ - reading scientific articles is hardly doable for them. That’s why they come here and want to discuss. They are interested. They are trying to talk with the others. They can learn. Why would anybody want to dismiss them?