Posted on 12/14/2023 5:06:00 AM PST by Jyotishi
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Any groundbreaking scientist or creative person, if they're honest, will tell you that they have succeeded only because they stand on the shoulders of giants.
Ah, the 'Appeal to Authority' fallacy. The assumption I have no experience with these pattern recognition tools, because of my personal assessment of their actual nature, is wrong. Even if I had none should that matter? One doesn't need to be an expert in something to have an informed opinion regarding it. Is it your opinion if someone opposes this brave new world, they're clearly an ignorant Luddite? I'll remind that, 'All change is not growth as all movement is not forward.'
The "AI drawn" cartoon you use as an example demonstrates the pattern recognition point of my comment. It found the pieces and parts that best matched your prompt, whatever that was. As one inspects the result you can see the patchwork nature of the collage, or photobashing, as it is sometimes called.
This is simply photobashing on a much finer pixel by pixel basis. It's why the fingers, eyes, shadows, whole cats, are never quite right. It's programmed to arrange the patterns as closely as it can to match what the prompter requested. It didn't draw or write anything. Will it improve? Of course. They're working feverishly to perfect their plagiarism machine, and I'm sure they will. It's a race against the copyright violation lawsuits piling up.
These things are simply new tools. Developed and used conscientiously they will be a great force multiplier for smaller, independent businesses. However, they have a tremendous number of issues yet to be ironed out.
I'm going to change the focus of your reply slightly and say, "...it can do a great deal of damage depending on who programmed it and for what."
I am not dismissive of these tools at all, and I agree, they are already very dangerous. We had all better become acutely aware of how they function, how they are being developed, and by whom.
Er, no. That's not an appeal to authority. That's saying that you need to learn about AI before acting like an expert. And sticking your head in the sand isn't the way to do it.
Just because you are a Luddite, doesn't mean that people who aren't Luddites are proponents of AI. Frankly, I think AI is going to become a serious problem for humanity. SOON.
But the point is, AI is not just clever coding on the part of humans. As many people in that industry are saying, the problem with AI began when a few of the more advanced large language models started programming themselves.
Bottom line as far as I can tell: This will not end well for humans. BUT, there is no stopping technological development because if the U.S. stops, we can rest assured our enemies will not.
As an investor in the AI industry, I watch a lot of podcasts (I'm good at separating the wheat from the chaff BTW). Everyone (CEOs of AI companies, scientists who design AI, and physicists, etc. watching from the outside) is talking about what is going on in the AI labs, not what is available to the public. Though some good may come from AI, most people who are close to the labs are frankly scared of the potential for AI.
If you think AI is just some simple tool, you haven't been paying attention.
That's what ALL technological and scientific development is...and has always been.
This can be said about human data aggregators as well.
NO, you don’t understand.
That wasn’t rhetoric, but an actual description.
People can invent and innovate. AI cannot.
AI is best for music and arts, because the human mind, interpreting the finished product, can intuit or make associations which gloss over defects.
Huh?
That explains why the U.S. blocked the sale of approx. $5 billion of Nvidia's advanced AI chips to China the other day. We are afraid China might take over the "music and entertainment" industry.
We would be doomed if China created its own Taylor Swift robot.;-)
The biggest uses of AI so far are (not in any particular order): business/industry, engineering, science, computer science, law, medicine, military.
I think it's AI's military potential that has the U.S. most worried when it comes to advanced chip sales to China.
Disagree. Generative AI is a parlor trick, at best. Invest at your own peril.
That’s not true, but thanks for your opinion.
I’ve been a software developer since 1979, with an interest in machine learning. Generative AI is not intelligent—prove me wrong.
It's now a trillion dollar company (market cap). It's not a parlor trick.
Define intelligent.
BTW, AI is going to replace you if you aren't already retired.
Not retired, my businesses are booming. As for intelligence, try asking ChatGPT to tell you anything forward-looking or to write complex code. Good luck—you’ll need it.
In all due respect, don't you think you need to do your own research.
Scientists are sufficiently afraid of AI that they are trying to slow down its development. And our esteemed government is banning the sale of advanced AI chips to China. In your profession, many software developers are finding themselves out of work because of AI.
And you want little old me to prove you wrong?
No developers in my sphere have been replaced by AI, nor are they likely to be. High-performance embedded SW development is simply outside the ken, if I may use the term, of any generative AI.
I’m just using the vulgate when referring to generative AI as a whole. It is not intelligent, period. There is nothing you can say that will convince me that the current generative AI models evince actual intelligence and self-awareness.
I use AI in writing investment analysis algorithms (merely using VBA on Excel) and it has reduced time spent on some projects by roughly 75%.
Frankly, I'm a little shocked that you aren't aware of this change.
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