So, Ill tell you a quick story. I went to the grocery store yesterday. I go to the human check out lane.Two young people, both around 20 years my guess are running it. Im a bit nervous, and thought I might had been rude giving the bagger my stack of reuseable bags. I apologize, “Im sorry I hope Im not being wierd, Ive stopped using the self-check since they installed the AI”. They both immediately agree, that they have done the same. The baggar states he feels it’s important to talk to people and have interaction, with the cashier backing his statement up. I mention how I always feel rushed in the lane, as to not hold up the next person, the cashier tells me its okay to take space and there is no reason to rush. I also at some point stated how I am practicing giving up control over the bagging process, the cashier goes, “like therapy”.
I was SO delighted these young people not only denounced Ai, but also emphisized the importance of human connection.
Ive been struggling hard, for weeks now, and they made my whole day. I had a good day yesterday if for no other reason those kids gave me hope.
It’s surely not about intelligence, it’s an ideology thing. I know people with PhDs who will viciously defend LLMs and think they are the future. I think that many people just choose to ignore the problems. Recently I had a discussion about whether an LLM should be integrated into the document management system of a company. There were well educated and intelligent people there who weren’t conviced that just one hallucination would turn such a system into a legal nightmare.
WHERE ARE THESE PEOPLE IN MY REAL LIFE SOCIAL CIRCLES??? WHERE???
So, Ill tell you a quick story. I went to the grocery store yesterday. I go to the human check out lane.Two young people, both around 20 years my guess are running it. Im a bit nervous, and thought I might had been rude giving the bagger my stack of reuseable bags. I apologize, “Im sorry I hope Im not being wierd, Ive stopped using the self-check since they installed the AI”. They both immediately agree, that they have done the same. The baggar states he feels it’s important to talk to people and have interaction, with the cashier backing his statement up. I mention how I always feel rushed in the lane, as to not hold up the next person, the cashier tells me its okay to take space and there is no reason to rush. I also at some point stated how I am practicing giving up control over the bagging process, the cashier goes, “like therapy”.
I was SO delighted these young people not only denounced Ai, but also emphisized the importance of human connection.
Ive been struggling hard, for weeks now, and they made my whole day. I had a good day yesterday if for no other reason those kids gave me hope.
Thank you for sharing your story. It was very touching and I’m glad the young folks made you feel good.
Indeed, as someone else said elsewhere in this post:
The kids are alright.
And you’re awesome. Just the way you are. Don’t rush for anything and keep being you.
In my experience, only the dumb people are excited about AI. The rest use it sparingly at best and generally don’t like it.
It’s surely not about intelligence, it’s an ideology thing. I know people with PhDs who will viciously defend LLMs and think they are the future. I think that many people just choose to ignore the problems. Recently I had a discussion about whether an LLM should be integrated into the document management system of a company. There were well educated and intelligent people there who weren’t conviced that just one hallucination would turn such a system into a legal nightmare.
That may be true but it hasn’t been my experience which is why I phrased my comment that way
you hang out with wrong circles