Gregory's ServerThe best news I've seen about "AI" lately: People have wisely concluded that these systems are untrustworthy.
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@dangillmor This is not new... or am I missing something? This one (for example): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AaTRHFaaPG8   @dangillmor Yet, they will one day, corporately and individually, put their trust in it, to their own perdition. #AI  @dangillmor this is one of those cases where the general public has a more informed opinion than many working in the field or covering it in the media    @dangillmor @Gargron I think a big factor here is that Gen AI is superficially amazing but the deeper you dig, the more holes you find. Even people who are excited about the tech are noticing this. @weston @dangillmor @Gargron Not to mention the energy consumption just so we can be entertained by it…or cheat on exam.  @dangillmor but but companies love them…. They use them to rate performances of employees.  @dangillmor  Perhaps the programers just wanted the flaws to be found inherent in human coding sometimes then the AI just hallucinating was a fun side effect compounded the retreat and error.log got filled and people took a pause because AI has been around since the Groovy 1960's ✌️☮️🕉️🗻 Keep a watch for #Meta's pivot to.... ???? 😂  @dangillmor The people that need to learn this are putting their fingers in their ears and going "lalalalala I'm not listening" like a child. @dangillmor If you're looking for information about an obscure topic, then AI definitely isn't something you should rely on. Of course, that's not to say all its features are no-good. Merely, AI is not ready to be a good, comprehensive knowledge base.  @dangillmor AI is in full gold rush, speculation mode. This started when one player in big tech achieved an advantage and the other big players rushed in to catch up. This was perceived as demand from the rest of the market and now we're in a speculation vortex. At a consumer level I'm detecting very little practical demand for, or uptake of AI products. At least the current offerings.  @dangillmor #Counterfactual : How much trust would we place in an employee who regularly and confidently hallucinates? |
@dangillmor@mastodon.social Wait, you're telling me a (admittedly extremely advanced) random number generator isn't trustworthy? :xenia_think:
Sarcasm aside, large language models have their uses, but being your one and only source of information isn't one of them and it's good that more people are starting to notice, although it's not even close to everyone yet