I found this perspective on AI - as used by "normal" people - to be very informative.

[tomf@mastodon.gamedev.place]

I found this perspective on AI - as used by "normal" people - to be very informative. Rick undersells his intelligence - but yes while he is (obviously) computer-savvy, he is not immersed in the field like some of us. I think there's a lot of truth here.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YTLnnoZPALI

[tomf@mastodon.gamedev.place]

There is for sure a clear upper limit to what the average person needs from AI. Just as ProTools got "good enough", just as Photoshop got "good enough", just as VisualStudio got "good enough", the extra features just aren't used by anybody. Once you can fit that locally instead needing the cloud...

[cobbpg@mastodon.gamedev.place]

@TomF Most people only care about ease of use, so this kind of revolution depends on the centralised services getting enshittified to the point where the extra steps are worth the trouble to the majority. Also, tools of creation have an audience that’s not representative of the general population, so it will be interesting to see if the same dynamics can play out in a similar manner for a system meant for anyone with a pulse. An intriguing thought nevertheless.

[swelljoe@mas.to]

@TomF I was surprised by how astute this take is. I watch him for music stuff, his interviews with some of my favorite jazz musicians, e.g. Pat Metheny, who Beato obviously loves, are among the best that have ever been done. But, he understands a fundamental aspect of big expensive computers that a lot of people are somehow still missing about AI. There is an assumption that we'll need big data centers forever...or at least for the next decade or two so they can pay for themselves.