With all the Wireless, App Controls, and now AI technology out there, do you think it takes away from the actual aspect of the hobby or do you feel it really helps?
Technology and Fish Keeping
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I think that, in a best-case scenario, the duty of a fishkeeper is to maintain the fish in conditions as close to ideal as possible through the means they have. 'Within our means', I say, as of course this is at the end a selfish hobby. We keep fish to provide us enjoyment. It would be wrong to deny this to people who cannot afford to buy the latest equipment or largest tanks, as long as they keep their fish healthy and don't make ridiculous choices like buying an RTC for their 20g. Similarly, community tanks are a human conceit: nearly all fish prefer to be exclusively with their own species, if even that. But the small loss in 'fish-utils' is offset by the fact that a well-maintained community tank looks great.
In any case, there is personal pride in doing so on one's own instead of enlisting the help of AI, but a tank that is 80% 'happy' or 'comfortable' (by whatever metric you prefer to use) and maintained by the keeper's own ingenuity is still worse than a tank that is at 90% but required the keeper follow ChatGPT's every command to get there. As for equipment, high-tech stuff is nothing but a good thing for the hobby, as all they do is giving us more information and control over tank parameters. The art of finding and maintaining these parameters within ideal ranges is still left to the keeper.
However, we are not yet at a point where we can take the AI's word for granted, so asking for human help, testing things on one's own, and closely observing the tank and fish for signs of something going awry are still essential parts of the hobby. In addition, I am very new to fishkeeping and people who have been at it for many years might have different opinions than a newcomer like me.
In any case, there is personal pride in doing so on one's own instead of enlisting the help of AI, but a tank that is 80% 'happy' or 'comfortable' (by whatever metric you prefer to use) and maintained by the keeper's own ingenuity is still worse than a tank that is at 90% but required the keeper follow ChatGPT's every command to get there. As for equipment, high-tech stuff is nothing but a good thing for the hobby, as all they do is giving us more information and control over tank parameters. The art of finding and maintaining these parameters within ideal ranges is still left to the keeper.
However, we are not yet at a point where we can take the AI's word for granted, so asking for human help, testing things on one's own, and closely observing the tank and fish for signs of something going awry are still essential parts of the hobby. In addition, I am very new to fishkeeping and people who have been at it for many years might have different opinions than a newcomer like me.
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