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The Fear Of AI Just Killed A Very Useful Tool (www.techdirt.com)
submitted 1 year ago by [email protected] to c/technology
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I do understand why so many people, especially creative folks, are worried about AI and how it’s used. The future is quite unknown, and things are changing very rapidly, at a pace that can feel out…

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[–] Nastybutler 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Techdirt is far from clickbait

[–] [email protected] 13 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Maybe. But, the headline is certainly the very definition of clickbait.

[–] Nastybutler 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

How many people have even heard of Shaxpir? If that had been in the title instead of "useful AI tool" I probably wouldn't have cared as I'd never heard of it.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

"The Fear of AI killed Shaxpir" is fewer characters, explains concisely the who and what of the article, and any idiot can infer that Shaxpir is some sort of AI related tool from context. Moreover, my ignorance about what exactly Shaxpir is would spur my interest in the article, instead of driving me away with a click ait title.