"AI" is a failed technology, in the sense that it's neither fit for purpose, nor a likely path to its stated end goal of "AGI", but a lot of people's profits currently depend on pretending it's not. I am curious to see how long the hype will last once the Nvidia ouroboros ends and money stops being pumped into marketing.
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@Gargron it's a direct attack on labor, be it in forced consent or forcing tech workers out of high salary jobs
Unfortunately it will have staying power until we can wrangle in billionaire's
@Gargron It is so refreshing to see one of your favourite devs speak in this way about this sh*t. I swear, AI is really bringing my mood down as of late.
@Gargron I basically use it just as a glorified stackoverflow/google. Am I using it wrong?
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(just leaving this here as support and contrast to the AI bros losing their sht ^^")
@Gargron i think it's more true to say that its a failed product based on lies, theft and corruption, the mathematics of the technology is not the problem, the lawlessness, lack of regulation and profound disinformation and psychological damage are both signs of our failure to regulate the fascists and narcissistic tech bros
@Gargron I have to respectfully disagree even though I know I'll be pilloried for it. Economically yes there's a huge bubble around the tech but it's far from failed. Right now there are thousands of small businesses and individuals doing so many creative things with both local and inexpensive hosted models. We're just scratching the surface of what will come for better or worse, but failed? No. Democratized coding yes. Where that leads is up to us.
no this is just false
It is true there is a lot of hype, but if you talk to any PhD or MD doing biomedical research, you are likely to find someone very excited about the potential of AI
@Gargron EV is a failed technology, in the sense that its purpose is to get rid of gas stations bjt that have not happened even after more than a decade.
The Covid vaccine is a failed technology, in the sense that some people will get vaccinated but still will get ill with covid.
Sure, AI is over-subsidized and over-hyped, but in its base is a great tool for some tasks. I doubt we'll stop using it.
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I totally agree. What I also dislike is renaming things with "AI" just to make it sound advanced.
I heard an advert today for British Telecom saying their "AI business tool" could help your small business. That "tool" was booking tables (that's a CMS/database, not AI) and answering calls (that's an answering machine (at a push, IVR), not AI) etc.
@Gargron 'AI' in the form currently being pushed is actively harming chances of ever reaching AGI as it's a tech dead end being pushed, like Blockchain, by current and former crypto scammers. Their focus draining money and resources away from clueless MBAs running corporate entities, harming more worthwhile research with the main focus of the companies being either supporting fascist surveillance systems that help them become part of the state, or Elon Musk style publicity stunt 'achievements' that keep the tech press hyped and the bubble inflated a little longer.
When the bubble bursts, people genuinely trying to achieve AGI won't be able to get funding and resources, and all the people pushing this rubbish will have moved on to the next thing, claiming some other tech dead end is the path to quantum computing or nuclear fusion and the same players will resume their circular funding, with the same media cheerleaders ignoring the disaster they caused the last time.
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here's a little something to hopefully help it end sooner:
https://thoughtlost.org/nosingularity/
@Gargron There's an old saying amonst traders: "The markets can remain irrational longer than you can remain solvent." When the bubble bursts, the pain will be inflicted from the bottom up.
@Gargron Historically speaking, the number one profession in terms of satisfaction in the modern era has been mathematician. Open AI just demoralized the discipline. It will never recover.