some of my faves from personal dr roberta bobby preservation efforts archive:

I shared a post from another side about AI here and I just saw someone arguing that we shouldn't use AI to detect cancer cells because "AI will literally destroy humanity". And I'm like. I'm as happy as anyone that so many data centre projects have been cancelled and can't wait for people to stop wrecking everything I use by shoving unnecessary AI into it, but I do not think that you are correct, sir. If we could maybe focus on the real problems instead of falling for the AI investor hype (who want everyone to believe their product is world-destroying dangerous, because that gets more investment for some reason) then maybe we can have more useful conversations.

"AI diminishes critical thinking and makes people less likely to think for themselves" yes, your skills and habits depend on what you use. People who watch a lot of tv are less good at reading than people who spend that same time reading books. People who carry phones with games and music on them everywhere are both less patient and more nervous when isolated and unable to communicate with anyone, than people who live without phones. People who grew up googling stuff are less adept at tracking down information in printed books and newspapers (without digital searching) than people who lived pre-search engine. People who lean on near-ubiquitous AI for stuff can become weirdly dependent on AI for things that they'd be better off deciding for themselves, and people who use AI to obtain information are a preselected group who were already more inclined to trust AI than they should have been.