• Velypso@sh.itjust.works
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    9 hours ago

    If people dont like ai, why do all of my coworkers and family members constantly reference ai?

    Seriously, yall mfs here on lemmy have the strangest social media bubbles.

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      8 hours ago

      Do any of them like it enough to pay for it? The figures say no.

      I use it daily but I won’t subscribe. It’s like news. Why pay when you can get it for free. (I do subscribe to news outlets, though, but like ai subscriptions, I know I’m in the minority).

      There is a specialised ai tool that is useful at my work. It’s got a free tier which does most of the functions and the next tier up is crazy expensive on a per user basis for the amount of time it saves. If there was a reasonable subscription, perhaps I’d subscribe but I assume that a reasonable subscription doesn’t cover costs, so they’d rather a free user to pump their numbers than lose a subscriber. That yells me it will enshottify over time or they hope that the cost will drop. The problem is that if the cost to host drops a lot, people will self host instead. It’s a rock and a hard place, without a sustainable business model.

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      8 hours ago

      Lemmy us pretty much all is use right now. I don’t know anyone espousing a. I.

      It ain’t a social media bubble.

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          7 hours ago

          Not really. It’s easy to stay informed without social media.

          Seriously you DON’T need it. Thatsjust conditioning. Take it from an old guy who’s seen that play book.

          Get em while theyre young and you’ll defend em till the end.

          Its the same technique sports teams and terrorists use

          Wich us why older people were the target of smear campaigns regarding tech. We who grew up without it know that we don’t need it.

          Companies don’t want that secret out.

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        8 hours ago

        Only one source of social media? That kinda sounds like the definition of a social media bubble…

        I oughta know, I’m also in the Lemmy only bubble and am completely out of touch with most people.

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          8 hours ago

          Lol. Let me explain.

          For over 20 years I worked as a developer and an SEO

          I was layer off two years ago. Still out of work except for a contract here and there.

          In that time I have reduced my social media consumption. I find my head us clearer, my days a bit brighter and problems either don’t occur as often are more easily dealt with on a clear manner

          I honestly have come to the conclusion that social media is now directly causing most problems we have, or at least exacerbates them.

          So i intentionally limit myself to this, and I guess YouTube( though I only use it to post videos for the business I’m trying to get off the ground

          Otherwise, life’s easier without it

          I watch actual news on tv newspapers, etc.

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            7 hours ago

            Yeah, I think quite a lot of people on Lemmy have similar social media habits (or lack of) to some degree. We also tend to associate with other people like us. Especially people in tech tend to talk to other tech people, or friends and family of tech people which is a limited demographic.

            It’s a very different perspective to most people. The average person on the train has vastly different media consumption and likely very different opinions.

            There are a lot of people who consult LLMs in most aspects of their lives.

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              6 hours ago

              Yeah I’ve seen that trend.

              Its very telling the amount of tech employees eschew social media compared to others.

              Though I may be biased by my proximity to them in my past life. I wonder if a true study has been done?