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Tech CEOs want us to believe that generative AI will benefit humanity. They are kidding themselves

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[–] [email protected] 26 points 1 year ago (2 children)

In terms of hype it’s the crypto gold rush all over again, with all the same bullshit.

At least the tech is objectively useful this time around, whereas crypto adds nothing of value to the world. When the dust settles we will have spicier autocomplete, which is useful (and hundreds of useless chatbots in places they don’t belong…)

[–] [email protected] 16 points 1 year ago (1 children)

For something that is showing to be useful, there is no way it will simply fizzle out. The exact same thing was said for the whole internet, and look where we are now.

The difference between crypto and AI, is that as you said crypto didn't show anything tangible to the average person. AI, instead, is spreading like wildfire in software and research and being used by people even without knowing worldwide.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 year ago

I've seen my immediate friends use chatbots to help them from passing boring yearly trainings at work, make speeches for weddings, and make rough draft lesson plans