The best response to AI slop and online noise is from Robin Williams

Does anyone really take AI that seriously? I only hear that from reddit and blogs.

> I've heard it said that scientific discovery would happen regardless of who does it

In this regard, science isn't that different from art. You heard wrong. Scientific discovery is not as trivial as replication, proof, etc. Discovery is what art and science have in common. It's extremely difficult to find something new to explore and highly dependent on the scientist's experience and perspective.

I've seen things you people wouldn't believe. Attack ships on fire off the shoulder of Orion. I watched C-beams glitter in the dark near the Tannhäuser Gate. All those moments will be lost in time, like tears in rain. Time to die.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tears_in_rain_monologue

This Robin Williams monologue nails exactly why LLMs make us so uneasy.

They speak fluently and confidently about experiences it’s impossible for them to have. They can’t taste a strawberry or do any of the things Robin Williams names.

There are a number of people building these machines who literally believe the machines will replace us and because they will be more powerful than us so nothing meaningful will be lost.

They need to watch this clip.

Even though they probably still won’t understand it.