I strongly feel that AI is a new and unvetted tool that can be very useful to experts in specific fields. That being said, it's completely unsuitable for nearly every task it's currently being used for. LLMs are fucking snake oil machines. Go ahead and spend your fucking tokens getting a decent retort generated. It will help prove my point
this post was submitted on 04 May 2026
190 points (100.0% liked)
Technology
7018 readers
135 users here now
News community around technology, social media platforms, information technology and governmental policy surrounding it.
What doesn't fit here?
The core of the story has to be technology focused.
- If article mentions "AI" in a sentence and then talks about business economics that doesn't make it tech news.
- Gaming is too many layers removed from technology. There are many dedicated communities that are a better fit for it.
- Transporation is too many layers removed from technology. EVs while use many cool technologies have many dedicated communities that are a better fit for it.
- Entertainment is too many layers removed from technology. While sometimes it can fit here, business or cultural aspects of it are a better fit for dedicated communities.
- Cybersecurity. While it heavily focuses on technology, most of the time it's too technical for most people who are not already invested in it. Should be posted in a dedicated communities unless it has broader connection to other tech areas.
Post guidelines
Title format
Post title should mirror the news source title. If you don't like the title of article, look for an alternative source instead of editorializing it.
URL format
Post URL should be the original link to the article (even if paywalled) and archived copies left in the body. It allows avoiding duplicate posts when cross-posting.
[Opinion] prefix
Opinion (op-ed) articles must use [Opinion] prefix before the title. Opinion articles refer to articles that their publisher doesn't explictly endorse.
Country prefix
Country prefix can be added to the title with a separator (|, :, etc.) if the news is from a local publisher who doesn't clearly mention the country.
Rules
1. English only
Title and associated content has to be in English.
2. Use original link
Post URL should be the original link to the article (even if paywalled) and archived copies left in the body. It allows avoiding duplicate posts when cross-posting.
3. Respectful communication
All communication has to be respectful of differing opinions, viewpoints, and experiences.
4. Inclusivity
Everyone is welcome here regardless of age, body size, visible or invisible disability, ethnicity, sex characteristics, gender identity and expression, education, socio-economic status, nationality, personal appearance, race, caste, color, religion, or sexual identity and orientation.
5. Ad hominem attacks
Any kind of personal attacks are expressly forbidden. If you can't argue your position without attacking a person's character, you already lost the argument.
6. Off-topic tangents
Stay on topic. Keep it relevant.
7. Instance rules may apply
If something is not covered by community rules, but are against lemmy.zip instance rules, they will be enforced.
Companion communities
!globalnews@lemmy.zip
!interestingshare@lemmy.zip
Icon attribution | Banner attribution
If someone is interested in moderating this community, message @brikox@lemmy.zip.
founded 2 years ago
MODERATORS
Funny, you described machine learning that has been useful in many fields for years now before anyone even heard of "AI". "AI" is meaningless PR term that has hijacked what used to be called machine learning, machine vision and algorithms. Those are still useful applications, but they are being actively devalued by this capitalism induced craze.
AI is one of those buzzwords that can make your company look more valuable. So everyone includes it, weather it's useful or not.
And it's so easy: you use text somewhere in your application? Send it to a LLM together with a prompt and voila - you now have AI in your system. Bam. +200% market value.
Of course I exaggerated a bit, but a lot of people see it like that.
Machine learning is a subsection of AI, and people in general have probably always been more familiar with the term AI than machine learning.
You can say it's a subsection of artificial intelligence field, but "AI" is not that anymore. Original meaning is lost forever and it's just a marketing label now.
it’s just a marketing label now.
An accurate one. Not sure what the problem is, then.
Great idea! would you like me to write up a business plan for removing regional accents from dog barking?
thanks, good write up
Meta-commentary about AI slop if I've ever seen one done so well