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@atomicpoet Yeah, the term AI has been around since at least the 70s (possibly longer) and I've always been irritated by its lack of a precise definition. It doesn't have to be a bad thing, but most things that advertise themselves as "AI" these days are garbage.
See also: my irritation with not being able to use the word cryptography because everyone now thinks it means cryptocurrency rather than cryptography.
@atomicpoet This is why I won't touch LLM-generated output with a 40' pole. Sure, I can verify whether or not it's actually correct, but if I have to research it myself anyway, what's the point of having used the LLM in the first place?
The one possible argument I have seen where LLMs might be useful is in generating things like alt text for images that lack it, and even then I hear they're not great.
@atomicpoet Valid points, but I feel three things need to be said:
If your message is "don't give up on trying to create a better world", I agree. If it's "relax folks, everything will work itself out", I very strongly disagree.
@atomicpoet You have a valid point. If it's a direct message rather than a public post that's pretty definitely poor form. I did not get the impression from your initial post that this was what you meant.
IMHO, LMGTFY is unnecessarily passive aggressive though. A better response would probably be "you should probably try googling that."
As a bonus, it's an even lower effort response while still getting the same point across.
When someone sends an lmgtfy, it’s not meant to be rude—it’s a gentle reminder that the answer was always within reach.
not meant to be ≠ is
It's condescending regardless of intent. It's also worth noting (as others have) that modern Google results are less useful than they were in the pre-LLM era.