Arguing With Agents · blowmage

I don't actually hate ALL AI. I despise the generative AI systems designed to steal art and pump out garbage. One kind of AI I don't actually hate is algorithms for creating post feeds. That kind of AI isn't stealing content, it's just putting posts on your dash that match detected interests. To be clear, I don't love it either, I just feel neutral about it.

Now yes, if you don't want to end up in an echo chamber of increasingly extreme/fringe/detached from reality versions of the thing you like, those kinds of algorithms and AIs can be detrimental. But I think it's partially the job of the individual human to remember to read news from places other than TikTok.


#AI-discourse

What happens when Generative AI disappears into the woodwork?

As part of my PhD studies, I read and write a lot of stuff that doesn't really fit into my research, but which I find interesting anyway. I'm categorising these "spare parts" on my blog, and if you're interested in following them you'll find them all here. At the moment we’re still in the thick of the Generative AI hype, with social media posts and articles telling us things like “you’re using ChatGPT wrong” and “here’s how you can maximise your profits and automate your […]

https://leonfurze.com/2023/10/11/what-happens-when-generative-ai-disappears-into-the-woodwork/

💔🥳 Oh, the tragedy! Our dear blogger has finally stumbled upon the groundbreaking discovery that #ChatGPT isn't Google, and is having an existential crisis over it. Meanwhile, in an alternate universe, AI discourse is actually meaningful. 🌈🔍
https://steveklabnik.com/writing/i-am-disappointed-in-the-ai-discourse/ #AIdiscourse #existentialcrisis #blogging #alternateuniverse #technology #HackerNews #ngated
I am disappointed in the AI discourse

Blog post: I am disappointed in the AI discourse by Steve Klabnik

AI just gets creepier everyday. I used to joke and say "I'd only run to the woods if I could get WiFi", but now I'm like, "maybe I don't even need the internet..." #AiDiscourse

https://www.rollingstone.com/culture/culture-features/ai-companies-advocates-cult-1234954528/

The Cult of AI

How one writer's trip to the annual tech conference CES left him with a sinking feeling about the future.

Rolling Stone
F*ck productivity. #AIDiscourse