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by lacy_tinpot3 hours ago |
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Gen Z hates AI… according to https://www.theverge.com/ai-artificial-intelligence/920401/g... (and others)
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upvoteby lacy_tinpot3 hours ago|
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If that were true schools wouldn't have a problem with AI.

AI usage is rampant.

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upvoteby foobarchu3 hours ago|
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I've actually been told by my teacher friends who used to complain about too much AI that their high school students are starting to reverse course here, and are now bullying each other for actual or perceived AI use. It's become cringe.
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upvoteby lacy_tinpot3 hours ago|
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Assuming that's even remotely true, nerds were bullied for their use of computers.

Now no one uses computers because only loser nerds use computers...

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upvoteby beepbooptheory2 hours ago|
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Sure but like.. talking to a chatbot is like the most un-nerdy in spirit thing you can do next to playing football. Nerds are, imo, attracted to esoteric complexity, long bouts of focused, actual, solitude getting to the bottom of the something. it's why they are stereotypically socially misadjusted sometimes.

A "dork" is someone who likes AI a lot I think... They usually revolve more around a product or brand, and focus more on how great it is and everyone should like it. Rather than the "you wouldn't understand leave me alone" of the nerd.

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upvoteby jcranmer2 hours ago|
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AIUI, most of the AI usage by students is seen by themselves as cheating, and cheating is largely for the tasks that you don't care about. Which means there's likely a strong association with students of generative AI work products with "we don't care about the quality of this stuff."

Rampant use of AI for cheating is not at all incompatible with negative opinions of AI.

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upvoteby Spooky2310 minutes ago|
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School is also an arms race. They are fighting for rank, once people use it for that purpose you have to keep up.
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upvoteby footydude1 hours ago|
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> Rampant use of AI for cheating is not at all incompatible with negative opinions of AI.

Possibly. Either way it (for me at least) neatly highlights why AI will succeed.

The students you talk about don't abstain from AI use entirely - they utilise AI for things they consider 'unworthy' of their attention/effort.

That is precisely the market AI will capture first - the tasks and processes that people (in general) have to do but don't really have any passion/interest in doing and for which perfection isn't critical.

And what may surprise many people in this thread (given its flow so far)...there are a whole heap of things that you and I care about, that 10s if not 100s of millions of other people consider 'unworthy' of their attention/effort and for which they will happily make do with a 'sub par' AI experience if it's cheaper, easier, more convenient.

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upvoteby lacy_tinpot2 hours ago|
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Is this all being astroturfed?

Even researcher are using AI to do their research. It's not just being used for cheating.

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upvoteby marcosdumay3 hours ago|
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Yes, it's a generational split.

People in their 60s or older get confused. People in their 40s or 50s tolerate it better. Younger people hate it with a passion and will hate anything that it touches.

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upvoteby prmoustache3 hours ago|
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I don't thinks so because the ai bot will reliably give you the answers you could already get from the website to begin with and will never solve your problem. If people are calling or opening an interactive chat, this is because all automatized procedures have already failed and you are in a situation not supported by them.
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upvoteby lacy_tinpot3 hours ago|
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I think people clicking through websites will be viewed the same as people going to the library and reading through books to research.

You just get the information you need way quicker.

Recently I had to make changes to cancel my flight. Luckily the website had an agent and I used it to cancel my flight. Didn't have to wait for an email/chat or worse call.

I even rescheduled my flight using the same website agent.

It's just way more convenient.

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upvoteby prmoustache2 hours ago|
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I'd tend to say that it is probably because they haven't yet crippled their AI bot with the same dark patterns (trying to make you select insurance, paid selection of seats, additional luggages, rented car at the airport) as they do on the website.

Airlines websites could be so much simpler and quick to use if they weren't designed to be full of traps.

Don't expect that edge to persist indefinitely, they are in the adoption phase.

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upvoteby lacy_tinpot2 hours ago|
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It becomes a problem when individual users are driving these agents for them, locally through computer use.
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upvoteby tempest_2 hours ago|
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The problem is that the agents can not be trusted to do things so at the end of the day you wade through loads of crap and they cant solve your problem because they usually only have the same powers you do.

Great if grandma doesnt know how to use a web form, fucking useless for everyone else.

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