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Let's be honest, Generative AI isn't going all that well

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Re: Let's be honest, Generative AI isn't going all that well

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Meanwhile, my cofounder is rewriting code we spent millions of salary on in the past by himself in a few weeks.

I myself am saving a small fortune on design and photography and getting better results while doing it.

If this is not all that well I can’t wait until we get to mediocre!

Re: Let's be honest, Generative AI isn't going all that well

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post #5

Guessing this isn’t going to be popular here, but he’s right. AI has some use cases, but isn’t the world-changing paradigm shift it’s marketed as. It’s becoming clear the tech is ultimately just a tool, not a precursor to AGI.

Is that the claim the OP is making?

Re: Let's be honest, Generative AI isn't going all that well

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post #5

Guessing this isn’t going to be popular here, but he’s right. AI has some use cases, but isn’t the world-changing paradigm shift it’s marketed as. It’s becoming clear the tech is ultimately just a tool, not a precursor to AGI.

not YET.

Re: Let's be honest, Generative AI isn't going all that well

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I find it a bit odd that people are acting like this stuff is an abject failure because it's not perfect yet.

Generative AI, as we know it, has only existed ~5-6 years, and it has improved substantially, and is likely to keep improving.

Yes, people have probably been deploying it in spots where it's not quite ready but it's myopic to act like it's "not going all that well" when it's pretty clear that it actually is going pretty well, just that we need to work out the kinks. New technology is always buggy for awhile, and eventually it becomes boring.

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