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Daisy LeighSomething I think about a lot is when I posted something on here critical of genAI, and soon after got a text from a very talented friend who I look up to saying that they had been thinking the same thing, but didn’t want to say anything publicly for fear of negatively affecting their career by criticising genAI.
Mike [SEC=OFFICIAL]@daisy now I'm wondering if I should start a business for "saying critical things about gen AI as a service" because apparently there's a market for it. 😆
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Ben
Muro deGrizecoI think you are onto something here!
I saw a presentation a couple years ago by some Amazon AI pitchman, where he was talking and had a slide up, about shitty science fiction movies of 20 years ago!
Robots, self-driving cars, and AI talking. Just stupid fiction, but familiar to us.
He compared those to recent hyped products, with a tone of triumph and certainty. Everyone will get a robot!
I had a sudden sick feeling:
"This is a really stupid cult."
Where refusal is forbidden.
waferbaby
Kojo Idrissa @ Home@daisy I think it's quite possible and even reasonable to be critical (as in, "reflecting careful analysis and judgment ") of genAI.
I hope we can move into a timeline where nuanced discussion of the topic becomes the norm, instead of "Dueling Hot Takes/Unrepentant Shill/Doomerism" timeline we seem to be stuck in now.
Reginald
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