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.

  • Suzune@ani.social
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    5 months ago

    Basically what I said to people who asked me about my opinion on AI.

    Exactly it was: “AI is a tool like a hammer. If you hit your finger, don’t complain about the tool, but because you simply used it wrong.”

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        5 months ago

        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.

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          5 months ago

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