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Comment by devin

13 hours ago

'AI' is Not a Tool: https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/ai-tool-rich-hickey-kjl8e

An invitation for a semantic debate online on a minor point along with a random linked in post stating something about said debate?

No thank you says pretty much everyone.

Then why is it marketed like one? And why can I use it like a tool?

I do have to send input to the thing to get a response, no?

Sure it is. And it's AI, not 'AI' -- not sure why the need to add quoting.

  • It's literally the title. It seems every reply to this is just someone saying they didn't read it.

    • Correct. The headline is incorrect with both the quoting of AI as well as the claim it isn't a tool.

      You can hardly blame anyone for avoiding a clickthrough into an auth-walled, user-hostile site to read the point the headline made in an attempt to "gotcha"