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what do you guys think about ai (sh.itjust.works)
submitted 10 months ago by to c/asklemmy@lemmy.world
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im new to lemmy and i wanna know your perspective about ai

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[–] 4 points 10 months ago* (3 children)

At the moment, AI is just a glorified autocomplete and I think it does more harm than good. (For LLMs). Is it a useful tool? Definitely. Should it replace jobs? Hell no. Is it being used as an excuse for the current recession and layoffs caused by offshoring? Hell yes. Is it killing the internet and propagating fake news? Definitely

If we're talking about other applications (computer vision, image processing etc), then yes. I think think the surveillance states (face verification) and Ukraine-Russia war heavily uses these applications

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  • [–] -5 points 10 months ago (2 children)

    glorified autocomplete

    People repeat that like it has some value, but it’s really just words. If autocomplete is glorified to the point of outputting something amazing, what is the value of saying it. I’m not saying it is, but if autocomplete spits out Shakespeare, “glorified autocomplete” is amazing.

    I mean, in a sense, brains are just glorified autocomplete. So…?

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  • [–] 9 points 10 months ago (1 child)

    It's an apt description of how these models function. They predict the most likely response to the input based on their training data. A brain can grasp concepts and reason about them - an LLM cannot

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  • [–] 1 point 10 months ago

    It is a decent description for sure. But one without practical value. And yes brains can grasp concepts and reason, but by using a similar mechanism. One uses chemistry for electronic potential difference for neuron weights, but they are nevertheless more similar than one might think. Brains don’t have some supernatural special sauce; they are weighted neural networks.

    But again, I’m not saying the description is wrong. It just has no value. Glorified autocomplete can mean pretty amazing outputs. “Just glorified autocomplete” is diminutive without purpose.

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