I'm so torn on large language model AI because the science it enables - bioacoustic research in particular - is truly beautiful, wondrous stuff. On the other hand its main use is as a confident but inexpert content/info source. Like the elemental spirit of mediocrity trapped in a box that nonetheless is already costing writers their jobs.
@Expecting_Words It's less of a magic genie and more of a tragic genie.
@sfleetucker The National Eating Disorders Association fired their entire helpline staff (right after they unionized) and replaced them with an AI chatbot that didn't work. But also scientists are creating dictionaries for bat and elephant languages. The duality of tech
@Expecting_Words I've seen them do cool things for search, so they're not useless, but they also shouldn't be doing things where human judgment isn't applied to the results, or a human can't take over when the model gets "stuck."
@sfleetucker @Expecting_Words
Agree agree.
I really wish AI and LLM terms hadn't become conflated.
LLMs ain't AGI and they won't get anyone there. Bring your own brain.