someidiot
Well-Known Dismemberer
The caveat here is that as a rule I'm a late adopter who stays as far out on the trailing edge as possible, in just about everything I do. I ignore most new music that comes out, my theory being that it's probably just faddish bullshit, and if it turns out to have real staying power I'll catch up on it soon enough, usually within a few years. That's served me very well for decades. And I believe that buying almost anything new demonstrates moral failure when there's so much stuff available used, cheap, free. Besides, I'm usually broke, and sticking to that rule lets me - eventually - get the stuff I need. Eventually, everything comes to the patient bottom-feeder.
And so it is with AI. Sure, I understand the valid - and even important - use cases. But those are (volumetrically speaking) pretty tiny compared to the world of slop we suddenly find ourselves living in. So I'm going to keep my feet up for a while and see where it goes. I learned today of an interesting use case in reverse-engineering that may change my mind, but I'm waiting for details.
Here's an excellent interview with Roger McNamee, who was an early facebook investor who turned into one of its harshest critics - his book "Zucked" is a worthy read. Here's his take on what's going on in AI at the moment.
And so it is with AI. Sure, I understand the valid - and even important - use cases. But those are (volumetrically speaking) pretty tiny compared to the world of slop we suddenly find ourselves living in. So I'm going to keep my feet up for a while and see where it goes. I learned today of an interesting use case in reverse-engineering that may change my mind, but I'm waiting for details.
Here's an excellent interview with Roger McNamee, who was an early facebook investor who turned into one of its harshest critics - his book "Zucked" is a worthy read. Here's his take on what's going on in AI at the moment.
