News for hackers. Stuff that matters.
Re:Veo by IggleSniggle on Tuesday May 14, 2024 @05:41PM (#40360481)
Psh. Things are not static. Progress sucks now. Haven't you heard of enshitification? You can always look back and say, "see? I told you it would suck in the future!"

...why am I feeling to urge to point out that I am only making a joke here and not trying to make an actual counter point, even if one can be made...?

Re:Veo by piloto_ciego on Tuesday May 14, 2024 @07:14PM (#40361224)
I commented on this elsewhere, but being a negative Nancy is really a winning strategy.

If you’re negative and you get it wrong, nobody cares, get it and right you look like a damn genius. Conversely, if you’re positive and get it wrong, you look like an idiot and if you’re right you’re praised for a good call once. The rational “game theory” choice is to predict calamity.

Re:Veo by motoxpro on Wednesday May 15, 2024 @03:17AM (#40364008)
Yeah it’s funny that optimism in the long term is optimal and pessimism in the short term is optimal.
Re:Veo by piloto_ciego on Wednesday May 15, 2024 @10:48AM (#40367681)
Right, but I think people sometimes get the “what constitutes long term” factor a little bit wrong.

I am still talking to a lot of people who say, “what can any of this AI stuff even do?” It’s like, robots you could hold a conversation with effectively didn’t exist 3 years ago and you’re already upset that it’s not a money tree?

I think that peoples expectation horizon narrowing down may be the clearest evidence that we’re in the singularity.