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Jenniferplusplus
@jenniferplusplus.com

gen AI is an attempt to industrialize knowledge work. Luddites keep coming up in this discussion, because it's incredibly relevant. A short thread, I guess

John Breen@breen.tech

I’m not convinced “(Generative) AI is here to stay”. It’s massively expensive to train models, and companies are burning billions and billions of VC dollars on it with no clear path to profitability. The idea that we should all get familiar with LLMs because they’re “here to stay” rings hollow

Jared Harris
@jedharris.bsky.social

Interesting claims about both textiles and AI. I don't have the historical background to flesh out your textile claims and would appreciate references to good quality historical studies.

Jared Harris
@jedharris.bsky.social

I also need more info about textile quality and cost across the transition (artisanal to industrial). I thought the cost difference was huge (maybe a factor of 100?) but I don't really know. I don't know anything about quality; I'd guess that both artisanal and industrial quality varied widely.

Ruby Jones
@rubyjones.bsky.social

This is not something it's cool to always expect people to provide you with. That's uncompensated labour that feeds your desires and not the purpose of the post. It's not hard to do your own research on this if you're interested, and FWiW, all the historians I know have said the same, repeatedly.