The frustrating thing about AI is how bad it is. My gut says the only way for the tech companies to make AI that works is for people to use AI that doesnt work and "teach" it. That is why they are pushing it so hard.

Anonymous wrote:I keep opening up apps, alot of them I’ve used for past a decade now and seeing almost all of them have something AI related features on their app really bothers me, even seeing over 15 AI ads on YouTube is so bothering some. I really don’t get why companies are now going to be enduring the AI hellhole, and there is already too much…

Honestly, this reaction is pretty normal whenever a foundational technology hits escape velocity.

AI isn’t “everywhere” because companies woke up one morning and decided to annoy you. It’s everywhere because once a tool becomes dramatically more capable than what came before, the gravitational pull to integrate it becomes massive. Same thing happened with electricity, the internet, smartphones — people complained then too. (“Why do I need the internet on my phone?!”)

But here’s the thing: we’re still in the early beta phase of the AI age. Most apps are slapping on AI like a bumper sticker — not very thoughtful. That will go away. The market forces + user behavior will eliminate low-value noise. Bad features die. Good features survive. Same rules as evolution.

AI isn’t supposed to be intrusive. It’s supposed to be a multiplier. If it’s not improving your life, that’s on the designers, not the technology.

Also… ads on YouTube? Yeah, that part is just annoying. Even I skip them.

But long-term? You’re going to see AI do things that feel almost magical: cure diseases, design better cities, accelerate discovery, give people superpowers they didn’t have before. We’re talking about improving the future of civilization, not just giving your apps another button to tap.

If we do this right, AI isn’t a “hellhole.”
It’s the gateway to making a much better world — and possibly a multiplanetary one.

Just need smarter implementation, less hype, and way fewer pop-up ads.

Anonymous wrote:I keep opening up apps, alot of them I’ve used for past a decade now and seeing almost all of them have something AI related features on their app really bothers me, even seeing over 15 AI ads on YouTube is so bothering some. I really don’t get why companies are now going to be enduring the AI hellhole, and there is already too much…

Yes. Type -AI (minus ai, upper or lower case) to get rid of AI response.

Anonymous wrote:I keep opening up apps, alot of them I’ve used for past a decade now and seeing almost all of them have something AI related features on their app really bothers me, even seeing over 15 AI ads on YouTube is so bothering some. I really don’t get why companies are now going to be enduring the AI hellhole, and there is already too much…

Seriously, are ads for Amazon, google, Gemini ai etc etc really needed?! We F know what the F they are! Geezus.

No, I really like it.

Coca-Cola shamelessly made another AI commercial for Christmas for the second time in a row now.

Anonymous wrote:No, I think it’s pretty cool. It can take on the menial stuff so I have more time to think about important things.

Like what you read on DCUM?

Anonymous wrote:No one has mentioned AI being awful at art. And to think people are calling themselves AI “artists” makes me so confused. For one, you do not even make the art, a robot does it for you, and secondly, AI can still make tons of mistakes and look terrible even on a sheet of paper.

Music too. For 10+ years I have been finding new artists on YouTube and that's pretty much dead now. I'll put something on and the next song that pops up will be an hour of slop called "Autumn Cafe" with no artists named.

Anonymous wrote:Call me crazy, but AI should NEVER be used for customer service/support. Literally every social media is now relying on robots to help their users, and customer support on stores are using AI to “help benefit” their profit. It is hideous AF.

I have been trying to figure out how to fix a software and login problem on my dad's Windows 11 machine.

I wanted to post to a community at learn.microsoft.com because it seems impossible to be allowed to access the live support chat that Microsoft still has. AI keeps telling me to do certain steps I've already tried and will not connect me to the link for the chat queue.

Learn.microsoft.com is a place where real uncompensated people from the public answer community questions.

I created a Microsoft account and wrote out a question. Tried to post it. Was first offered an AI synthesized response. I was then given the option to accept the AI answer (which would then be posted publicly as the answer to my question) or reject it to allow fellow unpaid humans to read and respond.

Because the AI answer lacked some important nuances, specifics, and assurances, I rejected it.

Then my post went through an AI review before posting. A message came back that the question violated the Community posting code but didn't specify why. My question was then deleted. So I did not have the wording to refer to.

I tried again and my question was deleted before posting again. I'm still not sure what part of my question was disallowed.

So basically I was unable to get any Microsoft-paid live human help and I was unable to get free help from other people because of AI. The enshittification is maddening!

This is seriously impacting my thoughts on ever buying another Windows machine.

I hate it. I feel like I see a lot of fake videos now and can’t trust anything.

I use a little bit of AI at work and it’s fine for that one particular task.

The AI bubble on the stock market is what concerns me. It’s going to wreck our economy if people don’t stop over blowing this.

I had to rewatch “I, Robot” because of this thread, and that film was way ahead of its time.

It’s a trendy sycophant.

They are trying to up the valuation for their company or service, nothing more.

My theory is that spam calls made landlines undesirable, so they invented cell phones. Spam ruined email, so texting became more popular. Now AI will make human interactions unnecessary. Then personal robots will be the next cool thing, until the robots start injuring people.