The only two viewpoints on generative AI that get any play among tech punditry are:
1. AI is a lever that helps people do better
2. AI is effective automation that will replace people, or be a threat to them.
The third viewpoint, that AI tools are kind of shit and, if used in their current form at scale by corporations and governments, will “enshittify” large portions of our society, doesn’t seem to register with them at all.
Flaws in systems don't get fixed by people who think they're great and should just be bigger.
They get fixed by people who listen to those who've noticed the flaws.
@baldur this is more broadly applicable to technology, i think foucault wrote about this. technology is an automation time saving abstraction which necessarily cuts corners and dehumanizes. it needs to be used carefully.
that said, every version of OpenAI's GPT released is substantially better than the last.
Baldur Bjarnason
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