Mastodawn

My latest column, on the false promise of LLMs and generative AI. I’m not afraid of machine intelligence. I’m afraid of human stupidity. We are taking what could be a useful tool, and abusing it to delude each other and ourselves. https://albertaviews.ca/ai-fever-dream/ #ableg #abpoli #cdnpoli #AI #yeg #Edmonton

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grrl_aex 21h ago

@Paulatics

There is no "ethical use case" for this new generation of AI (LLM and generative) and i'll tell you why.

It's because this entire iteration of AI is purposed for one thing: human economic replacement.

It "assists" us, thus learning from us how to BE us and then, to *replace* us as economically valuable entities.

*That* is what is driving the *trillions* of dollars in global corporate investment in this project: Human intellectual labor replacement by digital simulcrum.

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Michael S.

@kitkat_blue @Paulatics That may be the intention behind all of this. But it won’t work. After all, the introduction of computers also didn’t lead to the elimination of accountants.

One of the few areas where I’m optimistic about the future risks of AI.