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AI is like a hammer (sh.itjust.works)

submitted 4 months ago by ironhydroxide@sh.itjust.works to c/showerthoughts@lemmy.world

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Any tool can be a hammer if you use it wrong enough.

A good hammer is designed to be a hammer and only used like a hammer.

If you have a fancy new hammer, everything looks like a nail.

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[–] snooggums@midwest.social 6 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Except AI is a pipe wrench pretending to be a hammer.

[–] MajorHavoc@programming.dev 3 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (1 children)

True.

And I get where you're going, but pipe wrenches are still way too useful in too many situations. AI is a like a disc brake compressor hand tool, being sold as the solution to everything else.

When I mention how much I like it for compressing a disc brake, I feel like people look at me like I'm crazy for falling off the hype train.

Edit: And by people, I mean AI hype shill bots, probably.

[–] ironhydroxide@sh.itjust.works 2 points 4 months ago

Yes, but your disk brake compressor tool could also be a hammer.