Eugen RochkoDec 10, 2023
It’s hard not to say “AI” when everybody else does too, but technically calling it AI is buying into the marketing. There is no intelligence there, and it’s not going to become sentient. It’s just statistics, and the danger they pose is primarily through the false sense of skill or fitness for purpose that people ascribe to them.
Show threadKathy E. Gill 🇺🇦

@Gargron
I have been calling it an algorithmic tool. I like @emilymbender suggestion to reference it as automation.

#AI

Dec 10, 2023 at 8:03amIvory for iOS
Show threadThe Long TailDec 10, 2023
@kegill @Gargron @emilymbender most automation is useful, designed to be productive e.g. combine harvesters, or kitchen mixers.
LLMs are not designed to be productive, they are just producing plausible sounding text. Calling them automation is a disservice to actual automation.
Show threadKathy E. Gill 🇺🇦Dec 10, 2023

@sleepyfox

Automation has always displaced labor.

LLM tools that help ESL students identify grammatical hiccups in their papers are *useful*.

LLM tools that help me brainstorm a “how to” document for undergraduates are *useful* especially when they remind me of things I’d forgotten to include. (Too close to the material: remembering what you used to not know is hard.)

In a sweeping generalization, almost all tools have Dr Jekyll/Mr Hyde characteristics.

@Gargron @emilymbender