AkaSci 🛰️5d ago

Check out this insightful article by Ed Zitron about "how LLMs are the perfect grift to exploit an economy dominated by do-nothing managers and executives disconnected from any real work, and how the facade is crumbling as companies pay the true cost of AI."

- AI is a perfect storm of failed concepts and organizations, and the apex of the Era of the Business Idiot.
- LLMs Are Built To Coddle Losers
- The AI Industry Is A Grifting Machine
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https://www.wheresyoured.at/the-revenge-of-the-business-idiot/
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Revenge of The Business Idiot

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Show threadAkaSci 🛰️5d ago

Ed Zitron:

"LLMs impress the writers who do not want to write, the coders who don’t want to code, the researchers who don’t want to research, and the lawyers that don’t want to actually understand case law. Those that desperately tell you how powerful AI is and that you simply must use it are looking for you to validate their own laziness or distaste for effort, and those who are impressed with LLMs’ outputs tend to be people with low standards."

https://www.wheresyoured.at/the-revenge-of-the-business-idiot/
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Show threadFrank Shinneman5d ago
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I’m so old that I remember when these exact statements were made about the (at the time) new 4-Function calculators! When Japan dominated their production, the people so feared their accuracy that banks commissioned models built into an abacus and required tellers to visibly confirm the calculation in sight of the customers.
Show threadAnnika Backstrom
@fshinneman @AkaSci Who could forget the standard calculator disclaimer, "Calculators are based on AI and can make mistakes. Please verify all output."
May 27 at 12:04pmWeb
Show threadJargoggles4d ago
@annika @fshinneman @AkaSci
And let's not forget how they needed to be hooked up to a diesel generator and guzzled gallons of water.
Show threadWilliam B Peckham3d ago
@annika @fshinneman @AkaSci I will run that on my abacus and double check that calculator. (is it clear yet that AI stands for Automated Incompetence?)