RE: https://mastodon.social/@cbarbermd/116782557061224682

Thanks for the heads up! Here's a news article that's not behind a paywall:

https://www.yahoo.com/news/science/articles/could-ai-renew-prescription-utah-130935359.html

"Utah's medical licensing board says it was not consulted until after the program had already launched and has called for the pilot to be suspended. The board's chairman warned that medication decisions can carry life-or-death consequences."

I'd like to know which part of Utah state government is paying for this & how much it costs.

#Healthcare #Utah #Chatbots #AIHype #FuckAI #Doctronic

Jeff Bezos is working with @savetheAI folks now: "Bezos also said that in order for AI to reach that potential, certain resources must be allocated and prioritised for the technology rather than for human consumption." #SaveTheAI #AIHype

[Disclaimer/Edit: Meanwhile, The Print has edited their article and removed that specific quote from Bezos and the actual source of the quote remains unknown. Have a glass of water everyone :-)]

"Look, thought experiments about how to deal equitably with labor displacement in the face of automation are all well and good. I'm a science fiction writer, that stuff is my bread and butter.

But applying "dead economy theory" to the blithe acceptance of the claims of AI pitchmen is a terrible waste of a killer coinage. The true risk of AI to your job isn't: "an AI will do your job." It's: "an AI salesman will exploit your boss's infinite horniness for replacing mouthy workers with pliable machines to sell him a chatbot that can't do your job, and then your boss will fire you and replace you with that inept, defective chatbot."

By the same token: the real "dead economy" risk isn't that all the productive labor will be done by chatbots owned by a habitual liar and eminently guillotineable billionaire like Sam Altman. The actual dead economy risk is that our institutions and markets will continue to move capital from productive activity into memestocks, vibes, and bubbles.

We could do "AI cancer research" by producing tools that automate gnarly multivariant analysis problems for cancer researchers. But what we're actually doing is defunding cancer research (especially any research into "systemic" cancer because studying systemic things is "woke") to free up fiscal space so we can build data-centers and make Musk into a trillionaire.

That's not just a dead economy – it's one that'll kill everyone you love and everything that matters."

https://pluralistic.net/2026/06/17/its-the-stupid-economy-stupid/

#AI #AIBubble #AIHype #Automation #BigTech #Economics #PoliticalEconomy

It's so hard not to get up in FOMO around AI. The hype is so strong! You've got people crowing about how easy it was to build a new app/feature/whatever.

However, every time I use it I'm just disappointed in the output. Unnecessary complexity and repetition all over the place! Often it misses really simple bugs or edge-cases, particularly at the interface between systems/components.

How does anyone do a rational analysis these days?

#ai #aihype #coding

#AIEngineering #aihype #aialchemy

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2024/apr/10/amazon-ai-cashier-less-shops-humans-technology

#AIEngineering #aihype #aialchemy #aibubble

The student of AI must have a healthy dose of skepticism - Lewis University Professor (course slide)

https://artificialcorner.com/p/the-false-promises-of-ai

#AIEngineering #aihype #aiethics #aialchemy

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2024/apr/10/amazon-ai-cashier-less-shops-humans-technology

#AIEngineering #aihype #aibubble

https://www.rawstory.com/ai-oligarchs-shamed-with-list-of-extravagances-after-false-starts-and-broken-promises/

#AIEngineering #aihype #aibubble

https://metaviews.substack.com/p/the-illusion-economy-ais-unfulfilled