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Re:I Am Tired of AI by anon7725 on Friday September 27, 2024 @08:30PM (#41676867)
There is a difference between “being useful” and living up to galactic-scale hype.
Re:I Am Tired of AI by bschmidt1 on Friday September 27, 2024 @08:50PM (#41676970)
I'd post on an anon account too with such takes. People are paying billions per year for what you call mere hype. 20 years ago people were skeptical that the Internet itself had any value. Hell, Plato said it (of Socrates) about books! They thought books were like what you think an LLM is. They thought it would cripple a man's ability to think for himself because he could just read what others wrote.

You're confused at best.

Re:I Am Tired of AI by lukev on Friday September 27, 2024 @10:26PM (#41677406)
The utility of LLMs clearly exists (I'm building a product on this premise, so I'm not uninterested!)

But hype also exists. How closely they are matched is not yet clear.

But your comment seems to indicate that the "pro-tech" position is automatically the best. This is _not_ true, as cryptocurrency has already demonstrated.

Re:I Am Tired of AI by bschmidt3 on Friday September 27, 2024 @11:29PM (#41677635)
Funny thing is you are actually the pro [corporate] tech one, not on the side of freedom. Furthermore nobody said anything about crypto - you are seriously grasping at straws. You have said nothing about the products on shelves (billions of dollars in the industry already) argument, only presented crypto as an argument which has nothing to do with the conversation.
Re:I Am Tired of AI by bschmidt1 on Saturday September 28, 2024 @11:12AM (#41680745)
> This is _not_ true, as cryptocurrency has already demonstrated.

His whole argument against AI is basically the anti-tech stance: "Well crypto failed that means AI will too" It's coming from a place of disdain for technology. That's your typical Hacker News commenter. This site is like Fox News in 2008 - some of the dumbest people alive

Re:I Am Tired of AI by lukev on Saturday September 28, 2024 @04:46PM (#41682860)
Not at all! I am broadly speaking very pro-tech.

What I am against is the “if it’s tech it’s good” mindset that seems to have infected far too many. I mention crypto because it’s the largest example of tech that is not good for the world.

Re:I Am Tired of AI by anon7725 on Friday September 27, 2024 @10:06PM (#41677314)
You’re certainly able to sus out everything about my worldview, knowledge level and intentions from my one-sentence comment.

The only thing that LLMs are at risk of subverting is the livelihood of millions of people. AI is a capital intensifier, so the rich will get richer as it sees more uptake.

About copyright - yeah, I’m quite concerned for my friends who are writers and artists.

> You'll get left behind with these takes, it's not smart. If you don't care about advancing technology or society then have fun being a luddite, but you're on the wrong side of history.

FWIW I work in applied research on LLMs.

Re:I Am Tired of AI by bschmidt3 on Saturday September 28, 2024 @10:44AM (#41680528)
Dramatic, not your entire worldview just easily countering your arguments based on the hilarious things you sad people say.

> I work at a LLM startup (appeal to authority)

Has nothing to do with the points made lol you guys are desperate

Re:I Am Tired of AI by dang on Saturday September 28, 2024 @05:51PM (#41683222)
You've continued to break the site guidelines, not just with this account but with others like https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41681416, and ignored our requests to stop.

Between that and the personally abusive emails you've been sending, it's clear that you don't want to use HN as intended, so I've banned the accounts.

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Re:I Am Tired of AI by slater on Saturday September 28, 2024 @07:00PM (#41683512)
They assume you'll get the hint, eventually.
Re:I Am Tired of AI by bschmidt6 on Saturday September 28, 2024 @11:09PM (#41684561)
I have other accounts. Point stands it's easy to make new ones with visible posts.