Timeline for answer to No, I do not believe this is the end by ColleenV
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| 2 days ago | comment | added | ColleenV | @halt9k Ah I see now. When I said "helping people" I probably should've have been clearer I was thinking about volunteering my time in general. | |
| 2 days ago | comment | added | ColleenV | @Lundin The only reason I mentioned it was because I didn’t want people to confuse my objections to being expected to donate my time to the company’s dreams of making millions with AI with me objecting to AI in general. | |
| 2 days ago | comment | added | Lundin | I don't think many are for/against AI as such, but rather against the AI bubble hype. AI is a tool like any other. If we need a tool for something like spam detection, and someone suggests 'screwdriver', then I will be against that, because it is a nonsense suggestion. That doesn't mean that I hate screwdrivers. Similarly, if someone asks what tool to use to give quality technical answers about programming I would say "How about the technical Q&A site SO explicitly designed for such". But I will not support some strange person who rather suggests "AI!" or "screwdriver!" for that job. | |
| 2 days ago | comment | added | halt9k | "spending my time helping people elsewhere" sounded like there could be better QA alternatives right now. You elaborated both unclear parts with edit and comment, thanks. | |
| Jan 28 at 17:05 | comment | added | ColleenV | I don't have a need to answer questions for strangers online. I could spend that time doing lyrics for MusixMatch, or learning how to use AI effectively, or sewing an art quilt, or volunteering at a local animal shelter. It's not a choice between answering a question here or on Reddit. | |
| Jan 28 at 16:48 | comment | added | ColleenV | @halt9k I don't understand what you're saying. There are many ways someone can convince me something is worth my time. Those things may or may not work for other people. My expectation is that the company will never again be something I want to donate my time to, which makes me a little sad, but that's life. I've provided a ton of feedback to the company both publicly on Meta and privately in the moderator-only internal stack over the last decade and it's fairly clear there's no bridging the gap between my interests and the company's. | |
| Jan 28 at 15:22 | comment | added | halt9k | Fair elaboration, but in the end, it's still a question like "sharing my solution where: SO or Discord group about JavaScript or <10 other options> or none at all". And in this context, you make a point that there must be a mission stated and followed - again, fair. But, for example, "Discord group about JavaScript" doesn't even have a concept mission, does it? As soon as they realise they have valuable answers, who knows what will happen. What I mean, it's good to also mention context of classical (rollback comments UI) or state-of-the-art solution (pay for the best answers) of your answer. | |
| Jan 28 at 14:39 | history | edited | ColleenV | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
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| Jan 28 at 14:17 | comment | added | ColleenV | @halt9k I think you are making an assumption that I wouldn't contribute to training AI for any reason. I am pro-AI. I think it is going to change the world for the better. Anyone who wants my time needs to convince me why I should give it to them. My employer gets it because they pay for it, I love the work and feel it is important. Individuals get my time when it's not to onerous for me, because I like to help. I'm not going to donate my time to a company unless I have a stake or I agree with their mission. There are many more ways to spend my time than the hours I have to spend. | |
| Jan 28 at 13:37 | comment | added | halt9k | Why would you go elsewhere, either? I can see just two reasons: auto-generated activity and closed community. Alternatives with auto-generated activity are not interesting to even bother with: they are exactly like SO, but with N fake upvotes and N auto-generated support comments on each post. Closed communities do have the advantage of not directly or indirectly sharing your knowledge for training databases, but is this enough or viable? | |
| Jan 27 at 21:01 | history | answered | ColleenV | CC BY-SA 4.0 |