When I use generative "AI" it invariably contains mistakes. That's just reality at the moment.
So when I see company after company adding AI to every product in sight, I now assume that all of those products are "creating" flawed results, by design.
This is crazy. (Google search is, maybe not coincidentally, crappier than ever.)
We need a whole genre of products that don't contain AI. Maybe they, too, are irredeemably flawed, but at least we'll know the mistakes aren't a design decision.
I don't share the pure contempt for generative AI that some folks express so vehemently. I use it for brainstorming -- e.g. making lists of things I might want to consider when looking at a specific topic -- and it's fine for that.
I do think a lot of what's happening will be seen, in retrospect, as just the latest scam to liberate rubes from their money.
Feel like AI/LLMs are just a new computer programming technique/capability. The use to which it is put is the issue. The use of these techniques to help diagnose cancer or interpret astronomy survey data is wonderful. The use to spread misinformation and perpetrate scams is awful.
Also, it seems for AI/LLMs to be useful, great care must be taken as to what you shovel into the dataset. As the old saying goes "garbage in, garbage out."
@mastodonmigration @dangillmor I have it on good authority that the last four words there, about what comes out is what went in, is the watered down version.
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On the plus side, a lot of these things are "AI washing" using mechanical Turks. So, some of these things may use underpaid slave labor instead of mechanical BS generators.
Digital products such as audio, video and photos should be labeled if they were created by AI.
@MichaelBishop Pretty much all mobile phone camera software now uses some kind of AI for picture-taking. (Google and Apple are leaders in this.) Should they be required to have a watermark disclosing this?
Seen this too. It's like someone decided it was a good idea to connect the sewer pipe to the water supply line. Now, in plumbing, if this happens, it takes a massive effort to re-purify the system.
I think AI may rapidly become a selling point.
I’m curious as to creators will tag our work to make it clear it is Ai free?
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Sadly in the medium term users will some generated. We need to make an effort to stand out.
@dangillmor You know how they make machines and things that don't last as long as they could and they wear out?
So like that but with AI... 🤔
(Interestingly so far no one in the comments has thought this... they have other cool things but yeah; just a thought)
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