FMO is the best explanation of this psychosis and then of course denial by people who became heavily invested in it. Stuff like LLMs or ConvNets (and the likes) can already be used to do some pretty amazing stuff that we could not do a decade ago, there is really no need to shit rainbows and puke glitter all over it. I am also not against exploring and pushing the boundaries, but when you explore a boundary while pretending like you have already crossed it, that is how you get bubbles. And this again all boils down to appeasing some cancerous billionaire shareholders so they funnel down some money to your pockets.
Stuff like LLMs or ConvNets (and the likes) can already be used to do some pretty amazing stuff that we could not do a decade ago, there is really no need to shit rainbows and puke glitter all over it.
I’m shitting rainbows and puking glitter on a daily basis BUT it’s not against AI as a field, it’s not against AI research, rather it’s against :
catastrophism and fear, even eschatology, used as a marketing tactic
open systems and research that become close
trying to lock a market with legislation
people who use a model, especially a model they don’t even have e.g using a proprietary API, and claim they are an AI startup
C-levels decision that anything now must include AI
claims that this or that skill is soon to be replaced by AI with actually no proof of it
meaningless test results with grand claim like “passing the bar exam” used as marketing tactics
claims that it scales, it “just needs more data”, not for .1% improvement but for radical change, e.g emergent learning
for-profit (different from public research) scrapping datasets without paying back anything to actual creators
ignoring or lying about non renewable resource consumption for both training and inference
relying on “free” or loss leader strategies to dominate a market
promoting to be doing the work for the good of humanity then signing exclusive partnership with a corporation already fined for monopoly practices
I’m sure I’m forgetting a few but basically none of those criticism are technical. None of those criticism is about the current progress made. Rather, they are about business practices.
FMO is the best explanation of this psychosis and then of course denial by people who became heavily invested in it. Stuff like LLMs or ConvNets (and the likes) can already be used to do some pretty amazing stuff that we could not do a decade ago, there is really no need to shit rainbows and puke glitter all over it. I am also not against exploring and pushing the boundaries, but when you explore a boundary while pretending like you have already crossed it, that is how you get bubbles. And this again all boils down to appeasing some cancerous billionaire shareholders so they funnel down some money to your pockets.
I’m now picturing the unicorn from the Squatty Potty commercial, with violent diarrhea and vomiting.
I’m shitting rainbows and puking glitter on a daily basis BUT it’s not against AI as a field, it’s not against AI research, rather it’s against :
I’m sure I’m forgetting a few but basically none of those criticism are technical. None of those criticism is about the current progress made. Rather, they are about business practices.