I'm pretty skeptical of the current hype around "AI" and Generative ML Models. I feel that some people are putting too much trust into them, people are misusing them in unethical ways. We need to be proceeding with cautious optimism for this stuff, and staying educated about it to minimize harm.
But a lot of y'all need to calm down. For every Sci-Fi fan convinced that the Singularity is upon us, there's a scared Luddite demanding that technological development be regulated out of existence...
@Alex
The point is starting educated.
Yes these things can do some nice things. But the hype, antromorphizing them, and describing them with the wrong words (often invented by marketing people that do not understand the tech very much) it's a problem.
Yes GPT-3 is an incredible "next word predictor", but that's it primary function.
But all that hype sounds suddenly very funny when you substitute more realistic terms.
@Alex
That's the reason why at our company a very big part of the employees (and I really had the impression that many of them where no maths lover) enjoyed the "chaining functions to build networks" lecture today.
Anyway you know, "AI is the new gold". So you have to listen to the new corporate AI master.
Sigh
@Alex here’s a good blog about AI hype and having a realistic view of the tech https://aisnakeoil.substack.com/
Deepfakes are an ethical disaster, their harm ranging from humiliating individuals, to spreading disinformation.
Generative language models are blurring human communication in uncomfortable ways.
AI "art" is threatening the livelihood of human artists.
It's a lot to take in.
Despite rumors, AGI/ASI is not on the horizon, but you aren't putting this cat back in the bag either. There is FOSS code out there and it's never going away.
Focus on ethical advocacy over things like panic or fantasy.