"We'll call it AI to sell it, Machine Learning to Build it"

Re:"We'll call it AI to sell it, Machine Learning to Build it" by snapcaster on Wednesday October 11, 2023 @10:26AM (#37844812)

"It makes the whole world afraid of what is in fact just matrix multiplications" is such a reductionist view that doesn't really capture the reality of AI taking people's jobs and reshaping the economy. That's like saying electricity is just "electrons moving through a wire"

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Re:"We'll call it AI to sell it, Machine Learning to Build it" by 7thaccount on Wednesday October 11, 2023 @10:34AM (#37844935)

You and the comment you're referring to are both making good comments, but may not be talking apples to apples.

I believe the post you're replying to is just saying that matrix multiplications (as useful as they are), aren't going to become Skynet.

Your post is pointing out that various AI techniques are replacing loads of jobs for folks that still need to make ends meet, but likely don't have the skill sets to magically become a web developer overnight. As a result, AI is pretty dangerous like many disruptions throughout history. Only in the past, there was usually still plenty of need for labor.

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Re:"We'll call it AI to sell it, Machine Learning to Build it" by malkosta on Wednesday October 11, 2023 @11:26AM (#37845704)

That's a deep thought, it puts the discussion in a great perspective for further thinking. Thanks!

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Re:"We'll call it AI to sell it, Machine Learning to Build it" by mitthrowaway2 on Wednesday October 11, 2023 @12:59PM (#37847058)

These matrix multiplications won't become Skynet, but that has nothing to do with the fact that they are matrix multiplications.

The better we get at understanding how various cognitive functions that once seemed mysterious can be accomplished by matrix multiplications, the easier it becomes to eventually create Skynet.

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Re:"We'll call it AI to sell it, Machine Learning to Build it" by korijn on Wednesday October 11, 2023 @10:40AM (#37845009)

Also consuming enormous amounts of power and water

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Re:"We'll call it AI to sell it, Machine Learning to Build it" by jvanderbot on Wednesday October 11, 2023 @10:30AM (#37844867)

Look bombs are just an accelerated oxidization. Like rusting but fast. What's the big deal. Rusting is natural.

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Re:"We'll call it AI to sell it, Machine Learning to Build it" by _3u10 on Wednesday October 11, 2023 @10:55AM (#37845248)

For the most part electrons don't move through the wire, that would be very inefficient.

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Re:"We'll call it AI to sell it, Machine Learning to Build it" by bee_rider on Wednesday October 11, 2023 @11:55AM (#37846129)

“Just a bunch of matrix multiplications” is also a bit odd because lots of jobs have been automated out of existence by tools way less complicated than matrix multiplications.

The weird thing, I think, about these matrix multiplications, seems to be that they might be coming for the jobs of people who are generally in the same field that invented them (programmers) and also they might be coming for the jobs of reporters, creatives, and hot-take authors. People with bigger platforms than factory workers.

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