AI crap
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There is a machine learning bubble, but the technology is here to stay. Once the bubble pops, the world will be changed by machine learning. But it will probably be crappier, not better.

What will happen to AI is boring old capitalism. Its staying power will come in the form of replacing competent, expensive humans with crappy, cheap robots.

AI is defined by aggressive capitalism. The hype bubble has been engineered by investors and capitalists dumping money into it, and the returns they expect on that investment are going to come out of your pocket. The singularity is not coming, but the most realistic promises of AI are going to make the world worse. The AI revolution is here, and I don’t really like it.

  • bedrooms@kbin.social
    19·
    1 year ago

    I disagree. If we replace this writer with ChatGPT4, it would generate a more balanced article.

    • Akrenion@programming.dev
      35·
      1 year ago

      More balanced articles are not necessarily better though. I’d dather read two conflicting opinions that are well thought out than a mild compromise with unknown bias.

      • Echo Dot@feddit.uk
        3·
        1 year ago

        I’d dather read two conflicting opinions that are well thought out

        That’s where it all falls down of course. Because these opinions are anything but well thought out.

    • Hirom@beehaw.org
      6·
      1 year ago

      More balanced than what?

      ChatGPT ingest lots of articles from the web and newspapers, identify patterns in the text, and generate relevant reply based on what it ingested.

      I expect ChatGPT to perpetuate biases found in its training data, and don’t see how it’d improve balance.