fne8w2ah@lemmy.world to Fuck AI@lemmy.worldEnglish · 3 days agoMicrosoft says Copilot is for entertainment purposes only, not serious use — firm pushing AI hard to consumers and businesses tells users not to rely on it for important advicewww.tomshardware.comexternal-linkmessage-square83linkfedilinkarrow-up1786arrow-down16cross-posted to: technology@lemmy.world
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minus-squareEatMyPixelDust@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up20·3 days agoAnd if you have to do the research yourself anyway to verify what the LLM spits out, you might as well start with that, forget the AI, and save time.
minus-squareFlashMobOfOne@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up7·3 days agoThis is where I land. The vast majority of my work, if I ran it through an LLM, would make it mandatory to do more testing and verification than is needed in the first place… so there’s no goddamn point.
minus-squareEatMyPixelDust@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·2 days agoAnd it’s not even just that. There are many reasons why using AI is detrimental, even when it’s supposed to (or does) make things “easier”. https://fortune.com/2026/03/13/ai-isnt-reducing-workloads-its-straining-employees-time-spent-emailing-doubled-deep-focus-work-fell/ https://knowledge.wharton.upenn.edu/article/the-ai-efficiency-trap-when-productivity-tools-create-perpetual-pressure/ https://dmnews.com/a-if-youve-started-using-ai-to-write-emails-you-used-to-write-yourself-psychology-says-you-havent-saved-time-youve-outsourced-a-micro-decision-that-was-quietly-telling-you-something-about/
And if you have to do the research yourself anyway to verify what the LLM spits out, you might as well start with that, forget the AI, and save time.
This is where I land.
The vast majority of my work, if I ran it through an LLM, would make it mandatory to do more testing and verification than is needed in the first place… so there’s no goddamn point.
And it’s not even just that. There are many reasons why using AI is detrimental, even when it’s supposed to (or does) make things “easier”.
https://fortune.com/2026/03/13/ai-isnt-reducing-workloads-its-straining-employees-time-spent-emailing-doubled-deep-focus-work-fell/
https://knowledge.wharton.upenn.edu/article/the-ai-efficiency-trap-when-productivity-tools-create-perpetual-pressure/
https://dmnews.com/a-if-youve-started-using-ai-to-write-emails-you-used-to-write-yourself-psychology-says-you-havent-saved-time-youve-outsourced-a-micro-decision-that-was-quietly-telling-you-something-about/