A bit of humor as it inflates my qualifications, but it is also a red flag that progress has stalled, and just tossing more resources (compute and GPU) at the problem is unlikely to fix the problem.
I laughed out loud. And then got kinda depressed. The cows have left the barn and aren’t coming back. Many days these days, I’m glad I’m closer to the end than the beginning (not that I’m trying to hurry death). With all the world’s knowledge at our fingertips, we’re intent on the dumbing down of humankind instead.
Likewise, I am glad that by turning 60 in two and a half weeks I will be able to weather the end of my career (hopefully) on my terms, and not facing this crap show in my early 20's if I had just graduated college.
I had an odd experience a few days ago. I was going to use the word "effluvium" in a comment and doubled checked the meaning via Google, looking to confirm my recollection of the word being a descriptor of a bad smell.
The result was identified as an AI response and claimed that the word effluvium referred to a potential, partial or complete loss of hair, then gave an entire backstory of the word that was wholy inaccurate. WTF?
Of course when I checked just now looking to copy and paste that AI hallucination here in this comment, it wasn't there anymore.
That is also one of the problems with GenAI (that is the LLM chatbots) is that you can ask it exactly the same question over and over and get very different answers.
Yet corporate America is all in on replacing humans with it to save money (even though all the purveyors of the tech are losing money on every query, even with paid subscription access)
So much GD, MF-ing winning. You know, the problem with GenAI is very similar to the problem with the feral younglings comprising DOGE.
They don't know shit about shit. The have no real understanding of how things actually work and seem to discount institutional knowledge as being what? Too inefficient? Too ineffective? Not cost effective enough?
Looks like they strive to do less with more rather than more with less and break everything they can in the process
I am firmly in the Ed Zitron camp regarding AI. It is overhyped, way too expensive and since the launch of GPT 4, has basically been delivering diminishing returns with each new iteration. And costing lots more to do it. Hopefully the federal government realizes that they can’t just wave their hands and replace every government employee with a chatbot before they, ya know, try to actually do it. They seem to be well on their way toward this outcome and that should scare the fucking shit out of all of us! If these chatbots can’t get basic shit correct, imagine what kind of policies they’ll come up with! And since we’ll no longer have any expertise in government as a result of all the terminations, there will be no one to *check the work* for discrepancies/legality/etc.
I laughed out loud. And then got kinda depressed. The cows have left the barn and aren’t coming back. Many days these days, I’m glad I’m closer to the end than the beginning (not that I’m trying to hurry death). With all the world’s knowledge at our fingertips, we’re intent on the dumbing down of humankind instead.
Likewise, I am glad that by turning 60 in two and a half weeks I will be able to weather the end of my career (hopefully) on my terms, and not facing this crap show in my early 20's if I had just graduated college.
It's gonna be bleak for this coming generation
Hey AI! How many fingers am I holding up on one hand? Six? 🙄
Or, ask it to draw a left hand writing. Can’t do it no matter how you prompt
I had an odd experience a few days ago. I was going to use the word "effluvium" in a comment and doubled checked the meaning via Google, looking to confirm my recollection of the word being a descriptor of a bad smell.
The result was identified as an AI response and claimed that the word effluvium referred to a potential, partial or complete loss of hair, then gave an entire backstory of the word that was wholy inaccurate. WTF?
Of course when I checked just now looking to copy and paste that AI hallucination here in this comment, it wasn't there anymore.
That is also one of the problems with GenAI (that is the LLM chatbots) is that you can ask it exactly the same question over and over and get very different answers.
Yet corporate America is all in on replacing humans with it to save money (even though all the purveyors of the tech are losing money on every query, even with paid subscription access)
So much winning!
So much GD, MF-ing winning. You know, the problem with GenAI is very similar to the problem with the feral younglings comprising DOGE.
They don't know shit about shit. The have no real understanding of how things actually work and seem to discount institutional knowledge as being what? Too inefficient? Too ineffective? Not cost effective enough?
Looks like they strive to do less with more rather than more with less and break everything they can in the process
It’s a relief to know that when our robotic overlords take over they’ll be as incompetent as the human ones we have now.
And then there's Lia 27.
I am firmly in the Ed Zitron camp regarding AI. It is overhyped, way too expensive and since the launch of GPT 4, has basically been delivering diminishing returns with each new iteration. And costing lots more to do it. Hopefully the federal government realizes that they can’t just wave their hands and replace every government employee with a chatbot before they, ya know, try to actually do it. They seem to be well on their way toward this outcome and that should scare the fucking shit out of all of us! If these chatbots can’t get basic shit correct, imagine what kind of policies they’ll come up with! And since we’ll no longer have any expertise in government as a result of all the terminations, there will be no one to *check the work* for discrepancies/legality/etc.
Good luck, America.
Thank you Doctor Anderson for your service. Had to get that in but thank you for all you do.
I guess Acid AI needs an acid bath.
When AI destroys someone life hopefully we can sue the shit out the companies that put this crap on the market.
legit laughed at this