It’s hard having subtle positions.

[calcifer@masto.hackers.town]

It’s hard having subtle positions. Like people keep describing me as “anti-AI” but I’m very much not. I’m very opposed to much of the current AI hype cycle and the current crop of AI products being pushed everywhere.

But I DO want AI. I want AI that makes people’s lives easier, like the predictive devices that help people with disabilities live fuller lives. I want AI that solves problems that are intractable for humans, like finding cancer earlier and more reliably. 1/2

[calcifer@masto.hackers.town]

But “ChatGPT” and its ilk do not do that. For every small benefit they provide, they cause a disproportionate harm. And yes, some of that is on the choices adopters make (like laying off workers “because AI will do it”), but a lot of it is inherent to the design of the product itself.

I don’t want THIS “AI”. But I’m not anti AI. 2/2

[filobus@sociale.network]

@calcifer so I
But I don't think there'll be much choice, there'll be only one type of ai
I've been too much pessimist lately