Comment by lionkor
5 days ago
This is NOT a misplaced rant, this is a very good description of what I feel as well. You've put it very well.
5 days ago
This is NOT a misplaced rant, this is a very good description of what I feel as well. You've put it very well.
I reads like an unhinged rant about AI and the engineers who use it, with the entitled tone of people who think they have permission to insult someone's competence and work because AI was used.
In my opinion, if one cannot express themselves civilly, they should refrain from commenting.
I disagree. I wouldn't consider it unhinged. I'm clearly aware of my own frustration. It's also relatively civil, since I was able to temper it with appropriate apologies and acknowledgements. Many other people agree and support the sentiment of what I'm saying.
AI is a powerful tool and very capable of - amongst other things - making something look far more valuable than it actually is, and that is a huge waste of time that costs us all. We all have a responsibility to call this out when we see it.
It looks like you've just implied I'm entitled, unhinged, uncivil and and that I shouldn't have contributed at all, whilst thinking you've elevated yourself above that behaviour by saying "in my opinion" and "one should...". I think that's an unhinged, insulting and uncivil way to express yourself.
I found the website you ranted about interesting, comparing the quality of the visualization between the different models.
I don't think it was "a huge waste of time" or needed your rant.
You called it slop and questioned the competence of the author, as if he made grand claims about the objectivity of his comparison.
What I see often is that people assume others are incompetent just because they used AI, when in reality they are engineers no less competent or experienced than others on this website.
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> I reads like an unhinged rant about AI
> if one cannot express themselves civilly
It was neither unhinged nor uncivil. Maybe you responded to the wrong comment by accident?
> they have permission to insult someone's competence and work
If it's AI, it's not your work. And even if it was - criticism of your work is not a personal insult. This criticism is flatly invalid.
You think it was civil when the comment started with:
> this post gets me irrationally irritated and makes me want to shake you and shout
Yes, criticism of my work would not generally be a personal insult.
However, if you were to call my work 'slop', and say that I'm either inexperienced or that I'm an 'over-invested-in-AI engineer' we would be having a problem on a personal level. This is not a civil or respectful way to talk to someone.
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