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I hate AI (or to be exact, LLMs).<\/p>\n
There, I said it.<\/p>\n
In the day job, that’s not really something I’m allowed to say. It’s supposed to be making our tasks quicker (it doesn’t), and our deliverables more accurate (it really doesn’t).<\/p>\n
But even if it were to do those things, and to my satisfaction\u2014and truth be told, in future it might\u2014I’d still hate it.<\/p>\n
A carpenter will use a hammer, or a saw, or a Hoffmann MU3 Manual Dovetail Routing Machine, but the carpenter will still be the creator. He (or she) will still be the artist, and you will pay him (or her) for their vision and execution.<\/p>\n
Writing in general (or designing or concepting a booth or forming a strategy or translating an NEJM paper into understandable slides), and Medical Communication specifically, may, in time, be something that a machine might be able to do more quickly, more accurately and more compliantly than my colleagues could ever do.<\/p>\n
But what would be the point?<\/p>\n
What would be the\u00a0point<\/em>?<\/p>\n My day job is about human-to-human communication. So is my hobby. And if I don’t feel that I am making that human contact\u2014even if it is to sell a drug\u2014then I ask again,\u00a0what is the point?<\/em><\/p>\n I may as well get a machine to read a book for me. Or write a poem for me. Or cook dinner for my family. Or drink a glass of wine for me.<\/p>\n Oh it’s just a tool, they say. Look how cars made horses redundant. Look at the Hoffmann MU3 Manual Dovetail Routing Machine.<\/p>\n Yes, a tool. But not one that takes away something at the core of your soul\u2014your ability to\u00a0create<\/em>.<\/p>\n (And don’t even get me started on thinking.<\/em>)<\/p>\n So I want to promise you that nothing I write on this blog, nor any of my poems, nor my books if I ever fucking finish writing one, and not even my professional output will be created by an LLM.<\/p>\n Fitter? Maybe. Happier? Maybe.<\/p>\n More productive?<\/p>\n Fuck that.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" I hate AI (or to be exact, LLMs). There, I said it. In the day job, that’s not really something I’m allowed to say. It’s supposed to be making our tasks quicker (it doesn’t), and our deliverables more accurate (it … Continue reading