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The mainstreaming of 'AI' scepticism [Baldur Bjarnason] (www.baldurbjarnason.com)

submitted 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) by BlueMonday1984@awful.systems to c/techtakes@awful.systems

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I stopped writing seriously about “AI” a few months ago because I felt that it was more important to promote the critical voices of those doing substantive research in the field.

But also because anybody who hadn’t become a sceptic about LLMs and diffusion models by the end of 2023 was just flat out wilfully ignoring the facts.

The public has for a while now switched to using “AI” as a negative – using the term “artificial” much as you do with “artificial flavouring” or “that smile’s artificial”.

But it seems that the sentiment might be shifting, even among those predisposed to believe in “AI”, at least in part.

Between this, and the rise of "AI-free" as a marketing strategy, the bursting of the AI bubble seems quite close.

Another solid piece from Bjarnason.

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[–] kamenoko@sh.itjust.works 12 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Remember VR in the 90s? First generation generative AI is that. Hopefully some of these dinosaur tech giants manage to collapse themselves chasing after it.

[–] 200fifty@awful.systems 7 points 5 months ago

hold on, when did the "first generation" of generative ai start?