Juliet E McKennaAug 3, 2025

"If generative AI could REALLY make the next GTA in 6 months with 10 staff, or write the next bestseller, or produce 10 blockbusters a day? They wouldn't be trying to sell it to YOU. They would keep it for themselves and guard it from you ferociously."

I've seen this quote without attribution a couple of times. Whoever said it, they're spot on.

Show threadDave NearyAug 3, 2025
@JulietEMcKenna I disagree with the general idea... Imagine this with "If power tools could really cut a 2x4 perfectly in 2s, and drill 50 screws a minute, do you think they'd be selling them to you?" AI tool makers are tool makers, not video game developers.
Show threadDr.ImplausibleAug 4, 2025

@dneary @JulietEMcKenna This exactly. The world's greatest luthier isn't Jimi Hendrix. They're different skills.

Rarely - very rarely - you find someone who can bridge the gap. Think Les Paul or Tom Scholz. This is often where you'll see something miraculous occur.

Show threadJuliet E McKennaAug 4, 2025
@drimplausible @dneary
There are power tools i.e. complex, CNC robots used in manufacturing, which can do exactly that, or equivalent - Husband has just retired after a 50 year career in car making, so I know about this stuff. They are used for specific, specialist tasks and the excellent output is there to be seen and examined. No one sells them to a garage hobbyist.
AI tools are being offered to all and sundry with no evidence that they can reliably produce what is claimed.
Show threadDave Neary
@JulietEMcKenna @drimplausible I understand - but other consumer power tools are built and sold to carpenters and hobbyists, and they are not built by carpenters. The argument is that tool making and using the tool are different.
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Show threadJuliet E McKennaAug 4, 2025
@dneary @drimplausible
Any tool worth using can reliably produce the same results. Generative AI spews out random rubbish.
Show threadDave NearyAug 4, 2025
@JulietEMcKenna @drimplausible Reliably, though!