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Re:AI Is Smoke and Mirrors by pantsforbirds on Monday April 22, 2024 @12:28PM (#40115906)
I think the AI itself is working extremely well. The state-of-the-art LLMs are exceptional at many real-world tasks and are deployed in many production code bases successfully.

The more recent AI failures (like the humane pin) are at least partially a hardware problem. These LLMs require huge amounts of compute to do nontrivial tasks, and a wearable just can't run locally with the current architectures.

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Re:AI Is Smoke and Mirrors by FrustratedMonky on Monday April 22, 2024 @12:31PM (#40115950)
Exactly. Yes, there will be failures along the way, but the AI tools we have now are still pretty amazing and really would have been called magical 5 years ago. And yes, the AI tech already available now is already causing disruption and will continue to disrupt. Anybody saying this is just a 'blip' or 'fad' are really not trying them out.

I remember in the 90's someone telling me to not bother with Java (back with applets), because this 'Internet Thing' isn't going to pan out. That is how the anti-AI sentiment sounds to me. It's already amazing and continues to grow. There is not pulling it back now.

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