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The overhype is so pervasive that it's the industry itself that has made rational discussions almost impossible. We could start by agreeing that LLMs are not AI and have zero chance of becoming intelligence.

Yes, I can see it’s certainly harder for you because people will expect answers from you whereas I’m able just to post questions.

Are you aware that it's inherently impossible for an AI to produce accurate information? www.computerworld.com/article/4059...

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But even if I were to come on here and say that AI is shit (I haven’t), why would someone who believes in it be frightened off a tech platform full of early adopters? What is it about AI that the proponents seem uniquely unable to defend themselves on here? I’m clearly missing something.

Again, agree. A bit more complicated for me because I have a novelist wife whose work has been ripped off. Mine also probably. And people like Clegg want to claim that this innovation is impossible without theft but equally they don’t want to share the resulting profits 

Thing is there’s no ROI for most use cases at actual cost and we’re at the end of Moore’s Law and there are inherent limitations in LLMs so we’re kinda stuck except for burning needless energy and capital. The best thing for the actual good use cases isn’t better discourse, it’s a bubble pop.

There's such a vibe of 'we have to meet MAGA halfway' about this. By the way, are they still generating CSAM on X? Because the only constructive conversation about that is 'let's burn it with fire' and anyone who thinks otherwise does not deserve respect.

Driving off “AI” fans is good, actually.

The spittle-flecked frothing-at-the-mouth cohort has definitely brought about a tremendous amount of self-censorship...

Same experience here. I don't want to talk that much about #LLM s here because of the knee-jerk reactions, even from people whose opinions I value and would like to follow in other topics (which is why I haven't started blocking and muting them). bsky.app/profile/jmko...

Will you be doing a more nuanced thread to get the ball rolling? Or maybe @mcuban.bsky.social

I don't want to lose the word "critic" though, as a sometime book critic I think it's a handy word for someone who tries to critically assess a work/field/book/movie!

There are dozens of us, I tell you! Dozens!

not my problem

How much of this is outsourcing blocklists to the most polarized of participants?

I live about two miles away from a major data centre (as do most people who live in cities)

..they literally said they do.

Yup bsky.app/profile/mack...

As an ND person I find Copilot incredibly helpful as a starter for 10. I throw in my brain work shit & ask it to help sort it out. This might involve multiple (10’s) of iterations. So please don’t tell me I’m crap for finding this v helpful. I’ve heard I’m crap too much in my life already.

Sounds like you lost in the marketplace of ideas! Sucks to suck!

Hey man do you think we are also not bored and frustrated by having to constantly repeat ourselves all the time? Do you think that anyone who is harmed by this stuff actually wants to spend tons of their own time trying to convince people in your position? Because I assure you: it actually sucks!

People need to make a habit of openly disagreeing with people who share their conclusions but have arrived at them for the wrong reasons. I'd call myself an AI sceptic (I think it's not as good or useful as people believe) but also despair a lot of the misinformed critique.

It's a category error. And that is both a significant cause of misinformation and ignorance.

Sure politics on X is toxic and Musk is a hideous person. However, ideally people on here should be able to have sensible conversations about AI. Seems particularly in the US, anti AI has become a culture war thing and that seems to block critical thinking about it!

Name one.