TechTakes

And, fundamentally, this technology really isn’t that exciting. 

I’m sorry, it isn’t. The *idea of a *“super smart friend that knows everything about me” is exciting, as is the idea of automating away drudgery — spreadsheets and documents, for example. Yet, generative AI doesn’t actually do these things. Putting aside any feelings I may have, it has not changed my life, a guy who loves using technology and is willing to put hours into finding solutions to automate or mitigate problems in his life. 

I don’t know a single person — I have literally never met or spoken to one — that has meaningfully changed their workflow or life as a result of generative AI outside of being able to integrate it to speed up some processes in already-existing systems. 

Nothing about this was real. It’s a farce. The promises of artificial intelligence will not be kept through the pursuit of generative AI, as generative AI is a dead-end technology that has peaked, one that costs too much — both financially and socially — to keep it going.

Yep. Pretty much everyone I know and whose opinion I respect said this at the outset. It’s like watching a virtual carnival of con men roll through town, feeding on everyone else, before moving on to the next town.

I mean, we all tried to tell the “leaders” and “decision makers” but. Money clouds judgement. And this was a LOT of money.