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There's this wave of AI hate Online where lots of people are criticizing AI and calling it sloppy and useless and dumb. and accusing it of making us dumb and slow... and in my opinion, it's just dumb group think rejecting anything new. it's just a bunch of generalizations, cherry picking rants that lack depth and nuance. AI is a fucking skill, the output you get is a reflection of you. you can't just type "make me an app" and then complain how sloppy the output is. if your prompt is bellow a 1000 words, and is vague, don't expect anything great. a prompt should leave no room for the AI to guess things. and if you use it for full creativity, you'll also get sloppy stuff. AI is a tool, like any other tool we created as lazy ass humans that want to outsource anything repetitive and boring. when we got tired of washing clothes with our bare hands, we invented washing machines. and did that make us dumb or inefficient? no it made it possible to wash lots of clothes at once with no effort. people have literally reacted the same way when other tools were invented, like the calculator, the computer, the camera, google.... the point is, AI is for outsourcing mechanical tasks, not creativity. if you want to build an app, you don't outsource everything to AI, you outsource repetitive productive stuff that require little to no creativity. AI is also for navigating uncertainty by thinking with it, not letting it think for you. AI doesn't replace thinking and creativity, it amplifies it and makes it faster. think of it as "artificial leverage" rather than "artificial intelligence" here's how AI benefited my life: • makes me able to write social posts and copywriting stuff so fast and efficient, with huge volume. • helps me articulate ideas better in any style and tone. • in architecture school, i no longer need a high performing PC, because i can just design a building with basic software and the AI renders everything for me, don't even need a graphics card or big ram. • i use it as a companion for inner work. we are talking shadow work, personality tests, coaching, contemplation and more. and from my experience, it is efficient and accurate but only for guiding me towards the right direction. • makes research way faster and targeted. • it amplified my learning of technical skills. courses that teach technical stuff now are basically useless • helps me generate original insights and ideas, by discussing with it and connecting dots. • helps with feedback with any area of my life. • helps me with making technical visuals that would take me 3 hours to make on my own using Photoshop but only 15 minutes with it. • helps with scheduling, productivity, tracking. • helps with problem solving, whatever the type of teh problem is. • The ratio between productivity and creativity in my life has shifted heavily toward creativity thanks to AI.

@bazera to clarify, I'm not aware of any threads or posts on the forum talking about AI, i thought this rejection of AI is a trend and posted my opinion. also, as i said, it is a skill. the prompt is everything, you have to constrain the output so much otherwise AI will keep guessing things like context, tone, goal of the response, where to look and pull from, who it is talking to, who is it talking as... and simply believing AI is the user's responsibility, just like for any other source (book, article, video....) and hallucination is a feature of AI, not a bug, it is programmed to generate answers with certainty. notice how it will never say "i don't know, I'm not sure" so the variable here is the user's input. for example, if you are creating an animation, you don't just tell an artist "animate a guy kicking somebody in the face" because he'll draw a random generic kick. you rather tell him every detail possible, and create the first and last frame yourself (creative part) and all he does is connect those frames by drawing the ones in between (hope you get this niche example haha) same for any other intellectual or creative task. it all depends on how much you outsource to AI.

@PolyPeter thanks mate

@Leo Gura i agree, AI is not a magic wand, it is very flawed. i guess the hype is marketing. but there's also a huge backlash from people simply rejecting AI without second thoughts. so many videos, so many posts and comments it's crazy.

god damn, what fear and ego does

@Natasha Tori Maru i agree, i wasn't responding to any forum posts, I'm just expressing my opinion using second person writing

when you say "found", do you mean you came up with it empirically, or directly became conscious of it or something else?

@Cred I’d ignore that shit and keep searching anyway. If there’s no more uncertainty, no more dots to connect, no more sense to make… what’s even the point? I’d straight up pretend I didn’t see it. Blind as hell. Back to confusion we go. but for real, isn't consciousness work it? surely one can explain everything with it from the Top down, from the absolute all the way down to details, right?

this is interesting, and got me curious more about ADHD, would you mind sharing more insights and thoughts like this? I like your perspective

this is some interesting shit, slick perspective. I also see this pattern a lot but never articulated it this way. it is also the difference between polymaths and specialists. in business, you find a lot of people specializing in one niche, one skill, one business model, copying what works and are results oriented. and you also find these generalists that combine a wide variety of skillsets by connecting dots and creating a unique brand and business that no one can replicate because it is authentic to them, and they were able to do that through big picture thinking and synthesizing.

Sure, i will stick with it and make clear distinction between survival and passion/alignment.

"How can I embody Love and align my life and attitude with it so that my work flows effortlessly (not neurotically) and naturally contributes value, while still caring about survival (financially)?" is this the right question to ask at this phase of my life and iterate to figure it out, I'm 23 and running a freelance business after quitting university last year. and I still need at least 1 to 2 years of building in order to be comfortable financially, and building phase requires a lot of work and focus. or should I stop at the level of practical self-help right now and leave alignment for later? (routine, time blocks, deadlines, discipline, optimization, productivity stuff…)

okay that makes sense, i guess what i needed is to hear that harsh truth. things are much clearer now. also, i think what's holding me back is fear of being neurotic. anyway, thank you so much for the help and everything else. i will contemplate on this more and adjust accordingly.

Okay that's a good harsh truth, it's good to be clear about that so that I know where to invest my energy. so, the answer is the right balance? think less about alignment (still will be in the picture) and more about figuring out execution.

@Leo Gura also, this quote of yours inspired that question. it is from the "The Ultimate Structure Of Reality Explained" video: "How do you get rid of attachments? How do you fundamentally grow yourself at the highest level? Not by disciplining yourself and forcing yourself to do stuff in life. Not by telling yourself, “Oh, I have to read books. I have to meditate. I have to do what Leo says. I have to watch another video. I have to go to this seminar. I have to go to this workshop. I have to do this retreat. I have to do these psychedelics. I have to do all this stuff in order to get to some place that Leo talks about.” No. That’s a neurotic way of going about it, and it’s not going to get you all the way. If you want to get all the way, the way you get there is through love."

That I will struggle with execution and drive out of having a small picture frame (focusing only on business). because I don't care about fruits of business, it just seems like the next thing worth doing and that is meaningful, but I gotta do it in a certain way or it won't work due to survival (consistency, repetition, productivity stuff, conforming to market...). and survival isn't a good motivator for me. the more i try to just do it and use willpower, or implement a productivity tactic, the more it backfires and sometimes i enter these nihilistic rabbit holes that make it worse.

I think it is, because even if I'm dependent on what I'm doing, i decided to start this business out of growth and higher values. i was lucky enough to have entered enough relationships in my university years, went to a top-tier university and experimented with leadership inside the university. i figured that's not fulfilling to me and I prefer creativity, growth and autonomy instead, and freelancing is just perfect for that at this moment, i get to combine drawing and writing skills in my offer. but the problem is sometimes i really struggle to get things done and always wondered if it is lack of alignment or i should just experiment more with self-help tactics and eliminate more distractions, and this phase is supposed to be hard anyway (but I think this is neurotic).

this describes me to the core. every word. but never articulated it this way.

I disagree with how serious most people are here, humor is almost absent

Islam is a whole story, a context, not just one thing and one agenda. people cherry pick whatever that suits them. if you understood the full picture, you would come up to the conclusion that it is a mix of social, political, spiritual, and historical context with multiple agendas effecting it.

Leo: explains deeply and passionately what love is. The girl interviewing him: is that why people end up looking like their pets?....i think you are on to something.

@DMM710 you're right. also, both aren't mutually exclusive. we can ask Leo and use AI as well

I sure will ask more questions, roger that. but AI is great as well in contemplation and connecting dots, I'm a writer so it is very helpful, it amplifies my creativity and workflow.

See, you accuse us, kids, with seeking instant gratification on demand? look at what you did: you chose a thoughtful, understanding route where you think a bit before commenting? NOPE you chose a lazy, reactive instant thoughts that come to the head route full of assumptions and projections.? YES

It would be extremely valuable if Leo revisited some of his older, practical self-help videos and provided updated context on them in light of his current understanding. Many of us still go back to those older videos especially on topics like success, business, habits, and foundational self-development. As someone who is young and building his career, I often rely on those practical teachings. But sometimes i wonder "Would Leo articulate this the same way today?" Given how much deeper and more refined his understanding has become especially through his metaphysical explorations it seems likely that he would add nuance, depth, or even partial corrections. All it would take is a single synthesis style video where Leo briefly revisits key older teachings and adds updated commentary, refinements, or deeper framing, contextualizing them through his current level of consciousness and insight. I try to do this myself, I always try to synthesize old self-help teachings with the more recent deep metaphysical videos and come up with my own insights and wonder if I'm right or wrong. but it would be far more powerful to hear that integration directly from Leo himself. Anyways huge thanks Leo, you have changed my whole life I don't even know how to express it, thank you.