Cory DoctorowThat time in 2023 when Very Serious People started holding flashlights under their chins and intoning "Aaaaaaa Iiiiiiii" in a spooky voice until they all went and hid under the covers.
Will@pluralistic the most annoying part is that AI fearmongering *is* AI marketing. "It will replace people" is absolutely the value-add for AI. It's why every C-suite in the country is suddenly obsessed.
"AI will gain sentience and replace people!!!"
"You mean we can cut payroll without cutting productivity???"
Craig Francis@specwill @pluralistic Good point, let’s change it to “AI will replace C-suite people first… as it’s so much better/faster at taking in a lot of data and making decisions, often with less personal biases (though biases will still exist)”
SaftyKuma@craigfrancis @specwill @pluralistic
Look at the typical output from ChatGPT:
Sometimes impressive at first glance but under further scrutiny vapid, generic, full of untruths, and lacking any real deep, meaningful content.
The C-Suite are the very FIRST people ChatGPT should replace.
Russ@SaftyKuma @craigfrancis @specwill @pluralistic
More and more people are saying this 
https://defector.com/the-computers-are-coming-for-the-wrong-jobs
The Computers Are Coming For The Wrong Jobs | Defector
One of the funnier conceits of the ongoing Writers Guild of America strike is the producers’ insistence on keeping the door open to having AI involved in the writing process. One reason it’s funny is that AI as it currently exists—that is, “large language model” programs like ChatGPT—only appears “free” or even “cheap” because it […]
@theruss @SaftyKuma @craigfrancis @pluralistic
That's a really excellent article, and it's right on that LLMs would do a better job replacing executives than creators. But unfortunately the executives have positioned themselves as the mediators of shareholder value, and spent a lot of time and money on a massive marketing push to convince the world they are somehow special and irreplaceable. That's certainly the only plausible reason for the existence of the modern business book genre.
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@nerkles @theruss @SaftyKuma @craigfrancis @pluralistic
I mean, we've got humans making management decisions that kill people with absolute impunity every day. At this point, it might be easier to teach a computer accountability than an experienced executive.
@specwill @theruss @SaftyKuma @craigfrancis @pluralistic
possible, but it’s definitely not where the current crop of LLMs are headed, so it needs to be said often and loudly.
possible, but it’s definitely not where the current crop of LLMs are headed, so it needs to be said often and loudly.