Baldur BjarnasonFeb 7, 2025

I’ve often made the point that generative AI is an amazing tech much like asbestos is an amazing material: they have qualities that feel like genuine miracles but at a human cost so high that broad adoption is only possible if human life is devalued beyond what has been acceptable up until now

But much of the adoption of generative models doesn’t come from the few it does well, but is driven by those who do not understand the job they’re replacing.

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@baldur I like that, makes sense

Decades later we're still cleaning up asbestos left and right..

Feb 7, 2025 at 12:45pmWeb
Show threadAlex@rtnVFRmedia Suffolk UKFeb 7, 2025
@stux @baldur it was already well known by mid 20th century the stuff was bad for you (although suppressed by those who profited from it), and there were warnings on all the products by 1970s/80s (I remember seeing them when I went to DIY stores with my dad), but its use was already entrenched in significant market niches such as vehicle brake linings and ceiling tiles and it took until late 90s/00s before it was /finally/ banned (UK in 1999, about 2005 for EU wide ban)