There is a lot of blind hate, because it’s edgy right now to be against.
This thing already is transformational and we can already see a glimpse where it’s going. I think it’s normal that we have a bunch of stupid half products right now. People just have to realise ai is under development and new advancements are coming weekly.
Besides, what are we going to do, not develop it? Just abandon the whole technology? That’s nonsense.
AI is absolutely going to be transformative but a lot of the hate right now isn’t the technology itself but the way companies are jumping on it and forcing it down the throats of people who don’t want it, in a way that worsens their customer experience. Yes, let’s force AI into every software product. Yes let’s take away the humans you used to talk to and make them all bots instead.
Even from within tech itself there is huge resentment because you’ve got corps pumping billions into AI while at the same time slashing their workforce to afford those billions, with no clear return in sight.
Tech is treating AI as the next dotcom boom and pumping everything into it, but just like it did then the bubble of investment will burst, and there will be losers as well as winners.
I’m running self-hosted LLMs at home and I’m having huge fun experimenting with their capabilities. I just wish LLMs could have been implemented in the real world with space for ethics and the human factor, not the pure profit chasing bullshit we actually got.
AI is absolutely going to be transformative but a lot of the hate right now isn’t the technology itself but the way companies are jumping on it and forcing it down the throats of people who don’t want it, in a way that worsens their customer experience.
Exactly.
We did the same shit with mobile apps in 2009 - there was a mobile app - that no one wanted - being pushed hard - for every imaginable purpose.
I do still use mobile apps.
But I don’t have a dedicated mobile app installed for buying socks for my pets.
AI, today, is burdened with the same shit. It’ll calm down, after failing to deliver the vast majority of what is currently being promised.
I agree, but I think there is no around this forcing down the throat, slashing people in favour of barely functioning product.
Don’t get me wrong, I wish it was done the right and fair way, but realistically no one with any power wants it done in a fair way.
Not blind hate. AI will be devastating to the environment for to it’s power and water consumption. We need to ask ourselves if the future water wars will be worth the corporate profits.
I think people are over rating how much power AI will consume in the long term. Training a model takes way more power than running it, and once we understand the tech better models can be developed for specific applications. It would be like when Edison was first working on the light bulb and extrapolating the power usage of whatever filament he was testing to every household in the world.
Also, it doesn’t have to be corporate profits. Individuals can benefit from AI. There’s a structural problem with capitalism, not with this technology.
Besides, what are we going to do, not develop it? Just abandon the whole technology? That’s nonsense.
As someone who knows a substantial amount about how LLM’s actually work:
I’m delighted that AI companies are developing this technology.
I’m annoyed, but not angry, that phone and PC makers are developing this technology. I don’t want it, yet. I’ll probably appreciate it when they get it right. (I’ll wait for the version that ships with Debian, because that’s the only OS maker whose AI I would trust not to be deeply invasive to my privacy.)
I’m irritated that car companies, real estate investment companies, web browser developers, stock traders, and everyone else who was “all-in” on virtual reality two years ago, is making a lot of noise about developing this technology. They don’t hire the necessary talent, and their results are shit. Real investment returns require real investments, which these hype-followers haven’t proven capable of.
Besides, what are we going to do, not develop it? Just abandon the whole technology? That’s nonsense.
The tech industry will happily abandon it as soon as the next hype train comes along – we’ve already seen it happen with multiple “innovations” – dotcom, subprime, crypto, NFTs …
There is a lot of blind hate, because it’s edgy right now to be against.
This thing already is transformational and we can already see a glimpse where it’s going. I think it’s normal that we have a bunch of stupid half products right now. People just have to realise ai is under development and new advancements are coming weekly.
Besides, what are we going to do, not develop it? Just abandon the whole technology? That’s nonsense.
AI is absolutely going to be transformative but a lot of the hate right now isn’t the technology itself but the way companies are jumping on it and forcing it down the throats of people who don’t want it, in a way that worsens their customer experience. Yes, let’s force AI into every software product. Yes let’s take away the humans you used to talk to and make them all bots instead.
Even from within tech itself there is huge resentment because you’ve got corps pumping billions into AI while at the same time slashing their workforce to afford those billions, with no clear return in sight.
Tech is treating AI as the next dotcom boom and pumping everything into it, but just like it did then the bubble of investment will burst, and there will be losers as well as winners.
I’m running self-hosted LLMs at home and I’m having huge fun experimenting with their capabilities. I just wish LLMs could have been implemented in the real world with space for ethics and the human factor, not the pure profit chasing bullshit we actually got.
Exactly.
We did the same shit with mobile apps in 2009 - there was a mobile app - that no one wanted - being pushed hard - for every imaginable purpose.
I do still use mobile apps.
But I don’t have a dedicated mobile app installed for buying socks for my pets.
AI, today, is burdened with the same shit. It’ll calm down, after failing to deliver the vast majority of what is currently being promised.
I agree, but I think there is no around this forcing down the throat, slashing people in favour of barely functioning product. Don’t get me wrong, I wish it was done the right and fair way, but realistically no one with any power wants it done in a fair way.
Not blind hate. AI will be devastating to the environment for to it’s power and water consumption. We need to ask ourselves if the future water wars will be worth the corporate profits.
I think people are over rating how much power AI will consume in the long term. Training a model takes way more power than running it, and once we understand the tech better models can be developed for specific applications. It would be like when Edison was first working on the light bulb and extrapolating the power usage of whatever filament he was testing to every household in the world.
Also, it doesn’t have to be corporate profits. Individuals can benefit from AI. There’s a structural problem with capitalism, not with this technology.
half a liter of water per conversation
It’s not that simple. Lots of stuff is extremely bad for the environment but we still do them. All of us.
As someone who knows a substantial amount about how LLM’s actually work:
The tech industry will happily abandon it as soon as the next hype train comes along – we’ve already seen it happen with multiple “innovations” – dotcom, subprime, crypto, NFTs …
It’s not comparable. This is not just something, it’s a tech we want, have dreamed about since probably ever.
Mark V. Shaney did nothing wrong!