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I hate AI because it's a waste of finite resources.
I hate it because it's supported by a system of corruption and greed that is destroying the economy.
I hate it because all major AI vendors have supported or abetted criminals in circumventing democracy worldwide.
I hate it because it isn't AI, it's a LLM.
have supported or abetted criminals in circumventing democracy worldwide.
Isn’t that just the definition of USA?
You mean like the video games industry?
I don't hate AI, in fact i think it could be very useful. But i can't help but notice that it's critics are mostly correct and it's proponents are a bunch of fucking morons.
Its critics are also morons btw
I hate "A.I." because it's not A.I. it's an if statement stapled to a dictionary.
Also because I can't write the short name of Albert without people thinking I'm talking about A.I.
Fr. Allen Iverson is in shambles on brand recognition.
Al uses AI because Al is AI
I'm excited because I think AI will break down and erode proprietary file formats, for ultimate portability between different software providers. That for me is a game changer in how software is used, and opens up real competition and innovation. Thats not anything as grand as the AGI these founders keep vaporwaring, but I think it will still be substantial.
Most arguments people make against AI are in my opinion actually arguments against capitalism. Honestly, I agree with all of them, too. Ecological impact? A result of the extractive logic of capitalism. Stagnant wages, unemployment, and economic dismay for regular working people? Gains from AI being extracted by the wealthy elite. The fear shouldn’t be in the technology itself, but in the system that puts profit at all costs over people.
Data theft? Data should be a public good where authors are guaranteed a dignified life (decoupled from the sale of their labor).
Enshittification, AI overview being shoved down all our throats? Tactics used to maximize profits tricking us into believing AI products are useful.
I think you are right and yet so wrong.
My problems with ai aren't unique and I am no special snowflake who see through the matrix while everyone else is distracted. I am just a dude. I really doubt that the points tell I will bring up, is anything boring as generic arguments against ai.
My problem with data theft is not based on the concern that artists has the rights on their work. I want them rewarded for your labor but in this case, it is not my primary issue. It is the hypocritical nature of company entirely based in IP law stealing IP protected work. I hate that the system is not ripping them into piece like Nintendo rips an online super smash tournament into pieces. It is so obviously "rules for thee, not for me". You can claim that capitalism is causing that but I really don't think capitalism requires this shit. Sure the rich and powerful are rich and powerful in capitalism because of capitalism, but special pledging for the elite existed in every system we have tried.
I hate ai because people invest in the dumbest applications for it. LLM are trash. Voice cloner??? Wtf. Image generation? Why?? But for medical applications in which we have comparably amazing clean data, let's invest into that a little bit. But x billions into LLMs please.
I hate ai because the most brain dead application gets the most usage and people will tell you how it is bad but use it anyway. Then they obviously don't have the computing power to run a decent local model and just pipe any personal or confidential information into the online service that tells you that the data will be used for training, so it can be leaking back out to other people.
I hate ai because it is literally everything bad about society (e.g. nonconsental nudes) and tech (e.g. data collectors) and their interaction.
AI is just a tool like anything else. What's the saying again? "AI doesn't kill people, capitalism kills people?
I do AI research for climate and other things and it's absolutely widely used for so many amazing things that objectively improve the world. It's the gross profit-above-all incentives that have ruined "AI" (in quotes because the general public sees AI as chatbots and funny pictures, when it's so much more).
As far as I am concerned I am going to do the opposite of anything Sam Altman says. He is the ultimate snake oil salesman. He sold this trash to Microsoft, which I guess these days is pretty on brand.
There is no "AI".
That deception is the main ingredient in the snake oil.
I don't understand the desire to argue against the terms being used here when it fits both the common and academic usages of "AI"
There is no autonomy. It’s just algorithmic data blending, and we don’t actually know how it works. It would be far better described as virtual intelligence than artificial intelligence.
That kind of depends how you define autonomy. Whichever way, I'm not sure I get how "virtual" is a better descriptor for implying a lack of it than "artificial" is.
Also by "we don’t actually know how it works" do you mean that we can't explain why a particular "decision" was made by an AI, or do you mean that we don't have a sufficient understanding how AI works in general?
Does it run on something that's modelled on a neural net? Then it's AI by definition.
I think you're confusing AI with "AGI".
I mean, I find the tech fascinating and probably would like it, except that I hate the way it was created, the way it is peddled, the things it is used for, the companies who use it, the way it "talks", the impact it has had on society, the impact it has on the environment, the way it is monetised, and the companies who own it.
And all that makes it difficult to "just appreciate the tech"
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