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Eric Schmidt speech about AI booed during graduation

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Re: Eric Schmidt speech about AI booed during graduation

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> “The future is not yet finished. It is now your turn to shape it.”

This just reads like "It's your fault if AI takes away everything you love. You clearly must have wanted it this way."

Like, no? It's the responsibility of everyone implementing machine learning that it be used responsibly. It's not the fault of the general populace if you abuse them, in other words.

Re: Eric Schmidt speech about AI booed during graduation

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> “The future is not yet finished. It is now your turn to shape it.”

This sounds cynical if there is a kinglike president, surrounded by a small clique of tech billionaires who all are becoming increasingly open about the kind of future they want to realise.

Re: Eric Schmidt speech about AI booed during graduation

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post #3

Kind of goes to show how out of touch and insular the tech exec sphere can be. Almost everyone I interact with in reality has a deep distain for LLMs and their touted trajectory.

> Schmidt then drew a parallel between artificial intelligence and the transformative impact of the computer — and was immediately met with boos.

That's a shame.

I assume the reason for the "deep distain" is rooted in fear of change, fear that LLM will make it harder to have a successful career.

That's a pretty negative mindset to have as a college grad just entering the workforce.

I'm not an AI fan boy, but we can't cover our eyes and cover our ears and pretend the world isn't changing.

Re: Eric Schmidt speech about AI booed during graduation

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post #3

Kind of goes to show how out of touch and insular the tech exec sphere can be. Almost everyone I interact with in reality has a deep distain for LLMs and their touted trajectory.

I find this a weird comment. Isn't this the same kind of out of touch? I could write:

> Kind of goes to show how out of touch and insular the Hackernews commenter sphere can be. Almost everyone I interact with in reality loves LLMs and their touted trajectory.

And it would hold mostly true for me. This goes to show we should all be aware of our respective bubbles.

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post #3

Kind of goes to show how out of touch and insular the tech exec sphere can be. Almost everyone I interact with in reality has a deep distain for LLMs and their touted trajectory.

The numbers speak for itself. What has had the same level of user growth?

Re: Eric Schmidt speech about AI booed during graduation

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It's industrial revolution which doesn't want to happen. Unless the new industrial revolution means those unwilling to attend to billionaires and oligarchs are to be priced out of housing and life in general, this one is swiftly approaching. I mean forget housing, even getting good computer is out of reach by now.
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