AI should just die. It’s not something we need in our lives.
I certainly need AI in my life more than I need you.
Come on, this is not a “showerthought”, this is just an opinion. Put it elsewhere.
Moderators, please wake up.
It is not something anyone needs in their personal life, but it is an amazing tool when used correctly.
I’m not sure this is a shower thought but agree with you completely. Potential harms are far greater than the potential benefits.
We don’t need bag clips, either. But they make life easier.
that’s an insult to bag clips which are actually useful and aren’t based on FUD propaganda
Which part of AI is actually going to make our lives easier? I use it occasionally to get me out of a coding problem but what else will it actually be good for society and in our daily lives?
As another said, it will do more harm than good and will only serve megacorp in the end.
ai drug discovery will help us
oh and if you don’t have wifi with you, a downloaded LLM can suffice as an internetless search engine
congrats you just discovered offline Wikipedia
what if you don’t have enough space for all 150 gigabytes? llama 3.1 8b fits into 8 gigs
offline Wikipedia on a phone vs llama which needs a PC:
wiki needs:
- 20-30 GB for the text version
- can fit on most phones otherwise use SD card /USB storage
- isn’t full of AI slop
Llama 3.1 8B Requirements:
- CPU: Modern processor with at least 8 cores
- RAM: Minimum of 16 GB recommended
- GPU: NVIDIA RTX 3090
- doesn’t run on Android or iOS
also keep in mind most people outside of tech/gamer bros can’t afford the financial investment for a PC that can run it. most people can afford an Android phone
my PC is a refurbished second-hand dinosaur from 2019 and it can do this fine, no gpu. And you don’t need good specs at all other than the RAM being enough to load the model into memory, which in this case is 5 gigs.
doesn’t run on Android or iOS
You sure about androids?
Anyway if llama 3.1 is too big, just use qwen3:0.6b or something small
Also Wikipedia doesn’t contain all knowledge of the internet, but this stuff was trained on everything
at least Wikipedia won’t waste your time with misinformation. llama could be trained on the entirety of human history for all I care, doesn’t matter one bit if it can’t provide accurate sources and facts
What we refer to as “AI” today, i.e. large language models (because the definition of “AI” has changed over the years), is just a search engine that can understand natural language. Think the Enterprise computer on Star Trek, but even smarter. That’s extremely useful once we work out the final kinks.
Which part of AI is actually going to make our lives easier? I use it occasionally to get me out of a coding problem
You posted the answer yourself. What exactly do you need me to do?
Who are those “we”?
