I had a strange experience at the swimming pool today.

When I walked into the women’s locker room, I saw two female staff trying to unclog a drain using some tools and guidance from AI. My first thought was that maybe management was trying to save costs by having staff handle everything themselves.

But then I paused and realized that might have been a bit narrow-minded.

I suddenly remembered something from last year — at the exact same place, a male plumber had to come into the women’s locker room to fix a similar problem. I remember feeling uncomfortable at the time, especially since there was no prior notice.

That’s when my perspective shifted.

Sometimes “AI + do-it-all staff” isn’t really about efficiency — it’s about working within real-world constraints. In some situations, there simply aren’t better options.

That said… after I finished swimming, the drain was still clogged.

AI is powerful, but in the end, some problems still need experienced hands to solve.

  • stoy@lemmy.zipEnglish
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    1 month ago

    There are not countless ways to use AI when writing, there are three ways.

    1. Use AI to quickly research spellings and grammar, but write the text yourself.
    2. Write the text in English and have the AI correct the grammar and spellings
    3. Write the text in your native language and have AI translate it all.

    To me the post read as if OP used the second or possibly the third method above, meaning that she didn’t fix the grammar and spelling herself, missing out on a learning opportunity.

    I am not against using AI as an assistant as described in point 1 above, but the other two replaces too much of the personality of the text and takes away too much learning from OP.

    She is obviously free to use whatever method she prefers, my only comment was that using method 2 or 3 doesn’t really help her learning English.

    Though to be fair, she may have meant that she used AI to help her communicate better in English, and doesn’t care too much about a learning opportunity, that is obviously also perfectly fine, it is her choice after all.

    @OP I am sorry if I came off as brash and pedantic, I am anti AI, I make no secret about it, as long as you realize that you will learn more from your mistakes than from an AI correcting them automatically, then please use whatever tool you want.

    I apologize if I made you put off from using the Feddiverse with my comment.