• gullyfoyleismyname [none/use name]
    hexagon
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    3 years ago

    AI is impossible. like one individual cockroach is smarter than the best computers in the entire world. It's all a scam to rope in money from nerds who think sci fi is real

          • Multihedra [he/him]
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            3 years ago

            Mate.. have you listened to/read the Ian Wright talk on capital as a living god? (here

            It’s pretty tangential but any talk of controls or feedback in data processing, and my mind jumps to it. I find it super interesting at least, and I feel like you might enjoy it

    • Omega_Haxors [they/them]
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      3 years ago

      If/then still outperforms their most advanced AI. 90% of AI startups just end up hiring humans in secret.

      • Horsepaste [they/them]
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        3 years ago

        If/then still outperforms their most advanced AI

        At doing what? ai is a type of tool. As it stands right now, it augments what humans can do.

        • Omega_Haxors [they/them]
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          3 years ago

          That's all fine and good but often the AI are built to work on their own rather than alongside us, and are impossible to work with as a result.

          • Horsepaste [they/them]
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            3 years ago

            How do you mean? I agree that they work best when designed with augmentation vs replacement in mind.

            • Omega_Haxors [they/them]
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              3 years ago

              A lot of AI is just capitalist attempts at worker replacement. Notice how few of them say "will make work better" and how many of them say "will make work obsolete"

              • Horsepaste [they/them]
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                3 years ago

                Yeah, capitalists have been obsessed with automation as long as they’ve existed. Sounds like we both agree that it should be focused on making work better.

                I saw an old ad from the 80’s for an IBM home computer that really surprised me. It’s pitch was that it would save you a huge amount of time that you could then spend with your family instead of working.

    • Horsepaste [they/them]
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      3 years ago

      Like one individual cockroach is smarter than the best computers in the entire world.

      What’s your definition of smarter? I’ve never seen a cockroach play chess, generate art, or calculate the likelihood of financial fraud on transactions.