Gabriele Svelto17h ago
Given what it's gonna do to the world economy when the bubble will burst I think it's better if we drop all references to intelligence and just start calling it subprime computing
Show threadNazo16h ago

@gabrielesvelto I think we need to call it "scam" because people just don't seem to be getting it through their heads that that's all it is. Pretending LLMs are or ever will be "AI" is absolutely a scam. Some CEOs and such are scamming themselves too I guess, but nonetheless, even if they believe it themselves, it doesn't change that a scam is exactly what it is. Anyone who knows even the basics of the mechanisms of how they work will understand they are not nor ever can have either the A or the I... But part of the scam is that most never bother to look into even the basics of it.

I feel like the best thing we can do right now is straight up just call it that: scam.

Show threadgotofritz

@nazokiyoubinbou @gabrielesvelto

Dude nobody care if they are "AI" or not. Do they work? Do they it help? That's what matters.

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Show threadNazo16h ago

@gotofritz @gabrielesvelto Given that the whole scam is pushing them as "AI," yes, everyone but you cares. About 95% of the scam is in what they supposedly will do, not what they do right now. Except they won't. Ever. The fundamental mechanisms themselves simply can't.

And no, they don't work right. A huge part of it involves doing everything possible to ignore that such as mandating worker usage be certain amounts or etc.

Show threadgotofritz15h ago

@nazokiyoubinbou @gabrielesvelto

A lot of wild, unsubstantiated statements based on nothing but vibes, but whatever floats your boat 🤷

Show threadNazo15h ago

@gotofritz @gabrielesvelto Actually, I have a number of LLM models and utilize them for various tasks. My statements are based on an understanding of the actual mechanisms of how the technology works. There is a reason people call them things like "statistics machines" or even "overgrown spell checker." They have potential uses, but they can't exceed their most fundamental mechanism. The potential uses are small and limited and never should have been crammed into faking general "AI."

Meanwhile, as I recall, it is using LLMs to write code that is called "vibe coding" so... Yeah... I would pick a different word to use as an insult while supporting, you know, that...

Show threadgotofritz15h ago

@nazokiyoubinbou @gabrielesvelto

🤦‍♂️ 'vibes' was on purpose you silly goose