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AI crap - Why ML will make the world worse, not better (drewdevault.com)

submitted 1 year ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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There is a machine learning bubble, but the technology is here to stay. Once the bubble pops, the world will be changed by machine learning. But it will probably be crappier, not better.

What will happen to AI is boring old capitalism. Its staying power will come in the form of replacing competent, expensive humans with crappy, cheap robots.

AI is defined by aggressive capitalism. The hype bubble has been engineered by investors and capitalists dumping money into it, and the returns they expect on that investment are going to come out of your pocket. The singularity is not coming, but the most realistic promises of AI are going to make the world worse. The AI revolution is here, and I don’t really like it.

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[–] [email protected] 22 points 1 year ago (2 children)

I'm getting so so tired of these "AI/ML bad, world is doom" articles being posted multiple times a day. who is funding these narratives??

[–] [email protected] 13 points 1 year ago (1 children)

you have no idea who drew devault is clearly and you entirely missed the point of what he posted.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I also have no idea who he is and I also missed the point. It's just another "AI bad" article, even if the message this time is "AI bad, but not as bad as you think."

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

hes pointing out how the technology is going to be used realistically by corporations. hes not saying AI is bad inherently. hes saying the outcome will be bad for society. which is very true.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

And its a hot topic so there are a lot of articles about it since it generates traffic. And the bigger and doomier the article, the more hype.

But lots of people are unhappy about AI, its not a narrative being funded by a secret cabal or something.