Raphael Albert

This has been said a lot, but it has to be said again:

Please stop calling slop machines 'artificial intelligence'!

It is a marketing term. By framing those machines as intelligent, the companies building them are trying to make us believe that their products are more than stolen data, wasteful hardware, and statistics. But they are not!

We have to educate people what those machines really are, and that starts with taking away the false mystery created by advertising!
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#LLMs #StopTheSlop

Feb 10 at 9:45amWeb
Show threadgaryFeb 10
@r_alb slop machines are really discovery machines
Show threadBill deWordeFeb 10
@r_alb Yes! Unfortunately, an honest name like statistical content rearranger or predictive remix generator doesn’t exactly roll off the tongue.
Show threadRaphael AlbertFeb 10
@BilldeWorde7a
'Slop machine' works perfectly well for me. And as the purpose of a system is what it does, I consider the term to be very honest.
Show threadJudasFeb 10
@r_alb that's a good point, what would be a more accurate term for them? 👀
Show threadRaphael AlbertFeb 10
@funeralpigeon
I prefer 'slop machine'. The term surely isn't neutral, but hey, nothing in life truly is.
Show threadShady LaneFeb 10
@r_alb agreed. It is not intelligence, just hyper automation.