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Is there anything actually useful or novel about "AI"? (lemmy.ml)

submitted 1 year ago by ezmack@lemmy.ml to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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Feel like we've got a lot of tech savvy people here seems like a good place to ask. Basically as a dumb guy that reads the news it seems like everyone that lost their mind (and savings) on crypto just pivoted to AI. In addition to that you've got all these people invested in AI companies running around with flashlights under their chins like "bro this is so scary how good we made this thing". Seems like bullshit.

I've seen people generating bits of programming with it which seems useful but idk man. Coming from CNC I don't think I'd just send it with some chatgpt code. Is it all hype? Is there something actually useful under there?

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[-] pelespirit@sh.itjust.works 4 points 1 year ago

Yes and it should not be in a handful of companies and also be regulated up the ying yang. https://www.smartless.com/episodes/episode/256975de/mit-professor-max-tegmark-live-in-boston

[-] ezmack@lemmy.ml 2 points 1 year ago

That tegmark guy is a good example of what I was talking about. That future of life institute he's a part of has jaan tallinn as one of its founders; a person who is invested in AI companies. So I have a hard time telling what's neutral information and what's marketing

[-] pelespirit@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 year ago

He is not marketing anything except his awful news site and he answers everything very carefully. He talks about them being murder machines but can cure cancer, etc. He said it's like fire in that it's neither good nor bad. I say we try and control fire though.

I was trying to find the NHK World show where they had 6 experts on to talk about he future but couldn't find it. They had one guy saying AI is wonderful and perfect and will only do good. They had one woman saying, regulate, regulate, regulate that used to work for Google. The other 3 were using it all the time so liked it but were still worried about it. Couldn't find it though. It was on last week if you want to give it a go.

[-] ezmack@lemmy.ml 2 points 1 year ago

Yeah ill check it out

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