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Gonna briefly do an AI take: it used to be possible to have interesting discussions about AI here, and it's got progressively less so. You can't just think AI is bad, or overhyped, you've also got to subscribe to a very particular worst-case scenario about *how* it's bad and how bad it is.

There's a particular view on its environmental damage, psychological damage, and that it's useless, and if you deviate from that here you just end up deluged in yet another debate about those things, instead of the discussion you were trying to have.

I think it's quite noticeable that several thoughtful and serious AI critics now post here much less than they used to. Some have gone back to X (or if they didn't leave, upped their posting there), while others just don't seem to post anywhere very often any more. It's a shame.

I don’t know what we’re supposed to do with this, mate. You telling me they can tolerate all the horrendous things that get posted on Twitter, & pay for the privilege of having it forced upon them, but can’t tolerate being disagreed on AI on here? What are we meant to do with that?

There are so many angles to AI. There is the ability to speed up research (both socially useful and harmful outcomes). There is its impact on the society, economy and environment. All interesting and valid discussions. Sadly what you get here is often AI is evil and supporters are bad people!

There isn't just one thing, one category. None of it qualifies as AI. There are a number of Machine Learning Models and implementations, some of them, dealing in quantifiable outcomes, are very efficient. Those dealing with Language and Transform are great leaps but they don't have intelligence.