Based on recent comments this feels like a discussion we should have. So…topic, basically.

I’m not looking to be chief noisemaker on this, but I stand by what I wrote in !privacy and what’s in my post history.

https://lemmy.ml/post/48724623/26190950

Let’s have at; do we want a [AI] and [NOT AI] tag. Why or why not?

  • replicat@lemmy.worldEnglish
    11·
    17 hours ago

    I think this is a major over generalisation that misses the main point of why people don’t want AI projects. The real questions are:

    • Is this slop?
    • Does a human understand all of this code?
    • Did a human design this deliberately or is it completely derivative and uninspired?
    • Will a human take responsibility for bugs that come up?
    • Did a human write the docs?
    • Will this be maintained or just a weekend project with no substance?
    • Does this actually serve a purpose?

    Idk how to address these things really. I could see the AI tag going both ways, but I do think it’s painting with too broad a brush.

    • pyr0ball@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
      1·
      2 hours ago

      I’m in the process of launching a new business as a single dev, and I want to be upfront about my use of AI, but I notice as soon as I mention any LLM, most people assume what I’ve built is “vibe coded” without even looking at the applications themselves.

      I spent almost two months just setting up the devops side of things before I even considered publishing. Feedback buttons in the apps automatically open issues on my Forgejo, push mirrors to GitHub and Codeberg, and I do weekly progress reports internally (I stopped posting to Lemmy after people felt spammed and now I just post on the site blog)

      I’m just not sure how to make it easy to tell that I’m actually putting my heart and soul into building software that should help people.

      If curious: https://circuitforge.tech/

      • replicat@lemmy.worldEnglish
        1·
        2 hours ago

        I looked at your site. Realistically I think we’re talking about two different things here. There are tools which were programmed with the assistance of AI and then there are AI powered tools. Your stuff is clearly the latter.

        I think ai powered tools are a lot harder to sell people on right now. The ai powered area is where I see by far the most shovelware/slop.

        To be blunt, when I see a new ai powered tool I assume several things:

        • This is low effort slop
        • A tech bro vibe coded this 100%
        • No one cares about this
        • It will either make a ton of money or be abandoned next week
        • If it’s popular, anthropic will buy/clone it and everyone will use their version instead

        I know this isn’t true of every ai powered app but it’s true of 99% of them right now. I really have no idea how you could convince people yours isnt slop.

        One idea might be to stop using the term “AI”. It’s a buzzword with strong connotations. Some people hear it and think “gold rush”, some people think “slop” or “data center”.

        Personally I would be a lot more likely to take a project seriously if they used the term “LLM” or “machine learning” to describe what powers the product.

        Also, I don’t see anything that looks like obvious AI art to me but DONT USE AI ART. AI art is already terrible on its own but when I see AI art mixed with AI text telling me about an AI powered app I’m 1000% done giving my attention.