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Which means clarity of purpose, and then articulating it to LLM is the skill. English + critical thinking.
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There is a very very small percentage of humanity that’s pushing this stuff on everyone else. In fact most are saying “please stop”. “We” as a species certainly aren’t making it happen.
It is estimated that over 99.9% of all species that ever lived are extinct. The average lifespan of a species is 1–10 million years
Loved that section about "meat shields". LLMs cannot be held accountable. Someone needs to be involved in decision making, with real stakes if those decisions are bad.
Why though? I imagine things could also go the "google way" as well. The automated system makes the decision; and you just.. deal with the consequences if that decision is bad. We could just have an extended version of this dynamic as well: 3-4 entities with enough compute owning everything with no responsibilities; and when something goes bad, oh well. It's not like you can go to their competition, who also works the same way.
I think we saw many times that after a certain scale (after becoming, say, too big to fail), there is no bad decision you can't afford.
I think the reason AI isn't going to replace CEOs, or anyone in the C suite, is pretty obvious. They see themselves as the company. Everyone else is a resource. AI is here to replace resources, just like investing in a brand new lawn mower. For them, replacing an executive with AI is like saying you're going to marry a broom.
The problem with AI is that it isn't like any previous technology. There may be temporary jobs to fill in the gaps but they won't be careers. The AI will do the process engineering and self optimization. The prompt witchcraft is a good example because today its totally unnecessary and doesn't actually increase performance, and they'll continue to make it easier to direct/steer the models. We're literally trying to bu…
"Unavailable Due to the UK Online Safety Act" - without my VPN... do you know why?
>... mandates removing illegal content, restricting access to harmful material, and implementing age verification, with Ofcom enforcing compliance. Violations can result in massive fines of up to 10% of global turnover or £18 million.
I guess some people either figure it's easier to block the UK or do so on principle as a protest against the thing.
we are in the times of irrational exuberance - rationality will set in soon!
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> We've been through cycles like this before. Back in the day, Dreamweaver was going to put every web developer out of a job [...] I get what you're saying. This is why I was also skeptical, initially. But consider this: this time, it's qualitatively different, and more importantly, companies seem to believe so, which has real impact on our jobs. Dreamweaver never threatened my job. Not once. Neither did Squarespace.…
The marketing departments at tech companies have predicted 10 out of the last 2 technology revolutions. (Crypto is the future of money, MOOCs will kill universities, Zoom will kill the office, self driving cars will end personal automobile ownership) Also, it’s a little too convenient that businesses are getting to spin their layoffs as a result of AI, rather than a weakening overall market (tariffs, higher energy co…
I think you (we) are falling into the trap of thinking "it was BS before, therefore it's also BS now." The whole "when calculators were introduced..." yadda yadda.