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The Phony Comforts of AI Optimism (www.wheresyoured.at)

submitted 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) by misk@sopuli.xyz to c/technology@beehaw.org

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A few months ago, Casey Newton of Platformer ran a piece called "The phony comforts of AI skepticism," framing those who would criticize generative AI as "having fun," damning them as "hyper-fixated on the things [AI] can't do."

I am not going to focus too hard on this blog, in part because because Edward Ongweso Jr. already did so, and in part because I believe that there are much larger problems at work here. Newton is, along with his Hard Fork co-host Kevin Roose, actively engaged in a cynical marketing campaign, a repetition of the last two hype cycles where Casey Newton blindly hyped the metaverse and Roose pumped the bags of a penguin-themed NFT project.

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[–] abbadon420@lemm.ee 3 points 1 month ago (1 children)

This guy's articles are always so long. Too optimistic and too pessimistic are both bad. You should be realistic. AI is great, but it is just a tool. A socially and ethically loaded tool.

[–] amino@lemmy.blahaj.zone 7 points 1 month ago

if you think the articles are too long then make your own that are shorter and appeal to AI bros