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Re:Poll: Is AI Hype a Bubble? by Tao3300 on Friday June 14, 2024 @08:05PM (#40686359)
Why the hell does a toaster need a language model to do that?
Re:Poll: Is AI Hype a Bubble? by mrtksn on Friday June 14, 2024 @08:17PM (#40686426)
To make you amazing toasts, of course. Have you heard of the most expensive toaster? It’s a Mitsubishi toaster that can cook your toast just right.

In the future, all toasters will be able make great toast when practically all devices come with the same control board, something similar to raspberry pi but with ability to run LLMs and the toaster makers will simply connect the heating elements and sensors without needing to understand computers and the AI will control that toaster to cook just right.

:)

Re:Poll: Is AI Hype a Bubble? by Tao3300 on Friday June 14, 2024 @11:07PM (#40687216)
> Have you heard of the most expensive toaster? It’s a Mitsubishi toaster that can cook your toast just right.

That's my point. It does that without a language model. Not only is perfect toast a solved problem, but slathering on a layer of LLM bullshit isn't going to make it more affordable than the Mitsubishi.

Re:Poll: Is AI Hype a Bubble? by mrtksn on Saturday June 15, 2024 @02:13AM (#40687847)
Yes, but it’s very expensive.

My point is that it can be possible to bring down all kind of electronics control unit into single standard component. The toaster and your dishwasher can have the exact same electronics since they wouldn’t need specialized computer that needs to have specialized software and wouldn’t need specialized engineering to make the software work with the hardware. Just connect the sensors and the other hardware like the heating unit to the AI board and tell it what it is and tell it to act like a toaster.

Re:Poll: Is AI Hype a Bubble? by Tao3300 on Saturday June 15, 2024 @09:51AM (#40689806)
I'd still rather not introduce non-determinism into the mix. A toaster should be consistent in executing its expected function[1] and also not prone to hallucinations.

1: even if this means the operator needs experience and expertise from trial and error to know if it's cold, already hot, if we're putting bagels in, etc.