tanteMar 12

RE: https://social.coop/@cwebber/116217477822586442

The whole "AI" industry is just based on the hope that they can deskill people fast enough that they'll have to rent back cognitive support systems. Forever.

It's like Uber. Just that they don't try to break existing transportation infrastructures but your brain.

Show threadmossman

@tante Rick Beato - of all people - made me much more optimistic this morning when he pointed out that far from "owning" the LLMs, all the tech bro companies will go the way of the big expensive music studios when everyone ends up doing it themselves on their own laptop. Excellent point well made, I think...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YTLnnoZPALI

How AI Will Fail Like The Music Industry

YouTube
Mar 12 at 11:28pmWeb
Show threadtanteMar 13
@mossman yeah I didn't find his argument very convincing tbh
Show threadGhostOnTheHalfShellMar 13

@tante @mossman

I don’t know what his argument is, but one thing I will ask about any technology is who ends up in control. With computers that people could buy for not so much money and software producing music became widely available. But we are not free of consolidated control of distribution. Musicians are still kind of fucked. See Spotify.

If computers were AI processing is not widely available we’re fucked. There is already talk of personal computers being made for lease only.

Show threadDizzyMar 13
@mossman @tante maybe true, but the tech-bros will make sure the hardware needed will be out of reach or needs subs.
Show threadmossmanMar 13
@BubblegumYeti @tante my 16 year old desktop is still going strong (in fact, Windows games now run better under Linux). Hardware can last a long time these days if the user has control. Unlike the phone I bought three years ago for my work mail and Teams... where the &%^£ing corporate admin has just decided that the Android version is too old and therefore "insecure" and bricked the work account! (I am pissed off they expect me to buy a new phone because of their stupid policy!)
Show threadDizzyMar 13
@mossman @tante Yes true... they can't control Linux :)