half/byteFeb 1

I had two thoughts this morning about "AI" and I kinda hate that I can't stop thinking and talking about this stuff, but here we are.

1. I think it would be easier for me to take the tech more seriously if the financial side would look less like circular investment scams and increasingly unrealistic bets on a future that seems increasingly more unlikely (see NVIDIA, OPEN AI), and if the hype men would sound a lot less like being part of a mass psychosis (See Gastown, moltbook, openclawd)

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2. I think the handful of people I know who are "AI" enthusiasts and seem to get good results with coding agents seem to miss that they have something very similar to survivorship bias or "works-for-me" syndrome that leads them to dismiss or ignore all of the negatives that would occur in wider contexts (for example in a larger organisation).

(And this is before thinking about the ethical, environment and social externalities, which I personally cannot ignore but many people obviously can)

Show threadThomas JachmannFeb 1
@halfbyte I‘m getting extremely tired of trying to have open discussions about pros and cons and realistic applicability of anecdotal successes and always having to ignore the ethical/environmental/social part of the argument. Starting on that part is a killer argument, but it doesn't go away by ignoring it.
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@tja same. But, let's not forget that we are all ethically flexible up to a point and are very good at ignoring all kinds of externalities for all kinds of actions in all kinds of contexts, so I am somewhat flexible here if needed for the sake of the discussion.

I'm drawing a hard line for myself, but I am understanding towards people not willing or not able to do that for themselves.

Feb 1 at 6:00pmWeb
Show threadThomas JachmannFeb 1
@halfbyte You are right. Like you, I usually can't resist at least adding a side note of "leaving everything environment and copyright and ... aside" at some point, though. And then hoping it doesn't come across as too high-horsey.