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A place for all those who loathe AI to discuss things, post articles, and ridicule the AI hype. Proud supporter of working people. And proud booer of SXSW 2024.

AI, in this case, refers to LLMs, GPT technology, and anything listed as "AI" meant to increase market valuations.

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Arizona students boo former Google CEO Eric Schmidt as he talks about AI during graduation speech (files.catbox.moe)

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[–] Tar_alcaran@sh.itjust.works 3 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

That market is exclusively made up of people who a) can't write or make images themselves, and b) have an utter disregard for people who spent their lives doing so.

And that market is, unfortunately, absolutely huge. There is a frighteningly large demand for mediocre crap.

The LLM age has shown us how quickly the market is willing to settle for "not nothing" instead of "something good".

And a worldwide market in the 20 billion range is by no means remotely near the multiple trillions needed to actually fulfills what the AI boosters are promising.

[–] haverholm@kbin.earth 3 points 1 day ago

The LLM age has shown us how quickly the market is willing to settle for "not nothing" instead of "something good".

You're on to something there. During the "AI" hype, I've seen several people claim that this could be the last gasp for late stage capitalism. Growth has plateaued, and they did not have anything more to sell us at a profit.

So they introduce a new artificial need, and promote it like their continued existence depended on it... because it does. But that was exactly my original point: nobody needs "AI", except the people peddling it.