u/PM_ME_YOUR___ISSUES

I feel the online space is now dominated by two voices in particular:

1. The AI slop that we usually see i.e. YouTube Shorts, online written text, LinkedIn posts, even Reddit posts. I consider such people extremely lazy. They have delegated their critical thinking, and whatever little thinking they did previously, to these LLMs.
2. The anti-AI crowd that's still living in 2022 and believes that AI is good for nothing. There are many logical fallacies at play in their arguments. These critics have reduced LLMs to mere predictive machines, and their understanding of hallucination or their focus on these models hallucinating is more pronounced than the actual state of the models. They often display moral superiority about not using AI, even at the cost of their time. In reality, I believe it’s not about being genuinely competent, but about showing that they are competent.

The two voices above are so dominating that people who are cautiously curious about these LLMs, or who want to actually build, try out, and test their limits, have their voices completely diminished.

It's also ironic that subreddits like r/technology are so opposed to anything related to technology that even a neutral voice about the performance of these LLMs and how they can be embedded in people's workflows gets canceled out, leaving a narrative that anything related to AI is trash.

There are genuinely so few spaces left where people are curious about these technologies, not from a marketing or sales perspective, but to understand how they can transform lives and help with daily tasks. Even in tech spaces focused on AI, you quickly find them filling up with a crowd that only wants to sell you something, market products that are supposedly "life-changing," and it’s incredibly annoying.

These models have actually transformed the way in which all of us work. They've been helpful, and there are obvious issues every now and then, the responses may not be perfect. But when you think about the past three years, we've come so far.

However, all we have in this space now is AI slop or pure negativity.

As the title states - back in mid august last year, I got into the habit of taking edibles daily - a friend of mine had introduced me to the same, and my first experience was absolutely mind blowing, I still remember it.

However, over the past 6 months I quickly realized how I had basically become a functional addict. I'd be fucking high on my job as well, while working out, couldn't eat without popping a pill etc.

Nevertheless, I quit cold turkey last week. And holy shit! It's fucking terrifying.

1. I cannot sleep properly

2. There are random bouts of diarrhea that I have to deal with

3. I am agitated 24/7

When will it become better? I haven't felt this hopeless in ages.

Do people themselves have no expectations out of their elected leaders?

1. You work 8 hours a day diligently and pay all your taxes honestly, but your colony does not even have a proper footpath for you to walk. Not only that, basic civic infrastructure is in complete ruins. You can quite possibly die today because you walked into some manhole on the road.

2. Inflation has been increasing since the past decade, while wages have remained completely stagnant.

3. The value of rupee is crashing. Your life savings and assets in INR are slowly losing their value, while the Government preaches you to cut out international travel and stop buying gold.

4. Government exam delays and cancellations are becoming a norm.

5. The courses taught by Government universities are outdated - a large number of graduates barely even have the skills that employers demand.

6. Your investments in the stock market have taken a toll, not to forget that any kind of gain is also taxed heavily.

7. Alternative investments like VDAs and Gold is also now taxed heavily.

8. The environment has degraded completely - you have to deal with extreme temperatures the entire year, and when you finally get some respite in winters, the pollution ends up killing you. Any kind of development that is undertaken, is so unplanned, that it ends up accelerating whatever respite the remaining greenery gave us.

9. Your PM loves having a special address for his "Women Empowerment" political speech. But couldn't give a fuck or two when there had to be proper communication about the economic crisis that the economy is facing - is it justified to use campaign speeches to send out important messages - why isn't there an official channel of communication.

10. You are sermonized to "WFH" - while the government doesn't even bother to come out with an official advisory regarding the same. Not to forget that once the fuel prices increase - it will the honest tax paying citizen that will have to bear the brunt of the extra cost that comes with traveling to the office daily.

11. Law enforcement and justice are also slowly losing their grip. Today, you could be killed by some Thar driver that has political connections, but you will never get justice for the same, while that driver with political connections will just have to write a small essay and will be let scot free.

12. Buying a house for yourself is an impossible dream, while your local sarkari babu eats your honest tax money, and invests the same in real estate, jacking up prices to the sky.

13. Your country is out of the AI game. All the big players have already cemented their position, while we remain subservient technology service exporters.

How many more years will it take for people in this country to wake up and demand accountability?

This isn't about BJP or Congress, rather just basic accountability from your elected leaders.