Gary Strydom's Tiny CarLLMs do not "democratize programming". A 4-year-old can learn to program. LLMs throw up stupid barriers by convincing you that you can't learn to program and you have to rely on whatever shit the bobot spits out. Every asshole that says that AI "democratizes" fucking anything is trying to scam you.
It's the same as AI "authors" and "artists". They don't want to make things. They want a get rich quick scheme, or the cachet of being an author or being an artist without actually ever having done anything. The hyperrealistic version of the Foucauldian author-function. Utterly horrific
mx alex tax1a - 2020 (6)@decay they want the benefits of appearing to have done work without the actual doing of the work, and i think there's more than a few words to describe that kind of person
Nick Dumas@atax1a @decay while I think you're right on the whole, I think it is important to let this, at least sometimes, also be a conversation about how accessible some of these things are, mostly by virtue of the cost in time or money: editing of video music text etc, playing instruments, drawing and painting, etc.
Which is to say it is an even more egregious crime against humanity when this money could've been invested into arts programs, community centers, labor unions, etc.
@nickdumas @atax1a well yes. As always, the problem is capitalism per se
RE: https://infosec.exchange/@atax1a/115970686853439338
@nickdumas @decay with a note that the sweariness is not directed at you, but at the purveyors: