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submitted 3 days ago by hex_m_hell@slrpnk.net to c/sneerclub@awful.systems

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cross-posted from: https://slrpnk.net/post/37599571

This is less related to actually existing "AI" and more about one of the myths (or, ultimately, the constellation of myths) that drives people to work on "AI." I posted this on Mastodon, but it probably belongs here as well.

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[–] Soyweiser@awful.systems 8 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (1 children)

it has become painfully clear that there is some sort of intrinsic value to the truth of the art, of the experience that creates it, to the backstory that connects it to reality.

This has been a thing for a while now already, even before gen AI in gaming that there often was, for a lot of people a preference to playing with others, as in various games any npc AI, or randomly generated events (like in skyrims dynamic quests) were seen as less interesting than real human interactions/created things.

Think this is a typo btw:

Hidu pantheon

The argument goes that we're seeing an exponential increase in the rate of technological development.

Also interesting to note that the evidence so far is at max N=1.

[–] hex_m_hell@slrpnk.net 9 points 2 days ago (3 children)

Awesome, thank you for the typo heads up also. Feedback is always welcome. Between ADHD and sleep deprivation, it's a real challenge to catch everything.

[–] NextElephant9@awful.systems 2 points 8 hours ago (1 children)

Here's some typos I noticed:

you ever to -> you ever do

RAM, is critical -> RAM, critical

prevent it's -> its

who look in it's -> its

[–] hex_m_hell@slrpnk.net 1 points 58 minutes ago

Fixed. Thank you.

[–] fullsquare@awful.systems 3 points 2 days ago

there's also another typo (ctrl f accent -> accident)

[–] Soyweiser@awful.systems 6 points 2 days ago

I enjoyed a different type of takedown than our more usual method of pointing out the weird nested asumptions.