teawrecks@sopuli.xyz 1 month ago
And it’s worth noting that you can’t automate the interesting parts of a job, as those are creative. All you can tackle is the rote, the tedious, the structured bullshit that no one wants to do in the first place.
Are you saying that this used to be the case and acknowledging that it’s no longer true with modern AI? Because it’s demonstrably not true for modern AI and is the entire reason people are fearful.
Honestly, this post is so far out of the loop, part of me is wondering if it’s AI generated.
Powderhorn@beehaw.org 1 month ago
I’m not saying anything of the sort. You’re reading shit you wanted to into this.
OK, as you have all the answers: What is making people fearful?
teawrecks@sopuli.xyz 1 month ago
Hold up, what did I read into it? I directly quoted you and asked for clarification on whether you currently believe that is the state of AI, or whether you’re saying that’s what automation used to be.
If you’re saying that’s what automation used to be, then we agree. If you believe that modern AI can only do the “tedious bullshit no one wants to do”, that’s literally not the case.
Sora 2 is generating realistic video of anything you want given just a text prompt, rivaling the best VFX artists.
Hollywood is currently clamoring to “work with” AI celebrities who don’t exist, with a synthetic voice, singing songs no one composed with lyrics generated by an LLM. Why give a cut to a pop artist or band if you can synthesize it from nothing?
The education system has been completely upturned because every assignment can be completed by an AI, and there’s no way for the teacher to detect it. And it’s having a measurably damaging effect on students’ intellect.
A popular quote floating around right now is, “I want AI to do my laundry and dishes so that I can do art and writing, not for AI to do my art and writing so that I can do my laundry and dishes.”
And right now I literally can’t know if someone is running an AI with the prompt: “respond to this comment as though you are an out of touch older American who still thinks the capabilities of generative AI are limited to simple automation of tedious tasks no one wants to do anyway.” And you don’t know if I’m an AI with the prompt, “respond to this comment like a condescending tech literate young adult who is afraid of the impact that generative AI owned and funded by an oligarchy is going to have on every aspect of their future.”
I honestly feel stupid even bothering to type any of this out. I’m surely being had.
Powderhorn@beehaw.org 1 month ago
If you truly believe LLMs are transformative, that’s on you. I’d perhaps not believe people going forward, as they tend to lie.
Crotaro@beehaw.org 1 month ago
I would love for it to be different, but they’re mostly right.
The hardcore shareholders, who probably have shares in more than one company and for sure only see these companies for their mometary value and nothing more, wluld not care if the company’s creative work featured AI giveaways like twelve-fingered people occasionally and inconsistent storylines, if it would mean they could save on all their artists salary by paying only for one AI subscription.
Yes, you can still tell (mostly) when somethings made by AI, but the fact is that we already do see creatives being replaced with AI, leaving them free to do dishes and laundry instead of the other way around. The Coca Cola AI ads are one prominent example. Executives and shareholders don’t care about their product being inferior if it means it saves them even 20% in expenses. And we both know that replacing all your creative team (often even just one or two) with AI is a bigger saving on “Creative expenses” than just 20%. We know that because we can literally look up salaries vs subscription price for stuff like Sora and Veo3.
Yet, contrary to what I perceive as your main argument here, we don’t see widespread adoption of AI in all kinds of companies to do the tedious labor. That seems to still be done often either by traditional methods, because LLMs and generative AI is just not good at repairing a leak in toilets or checking for damages in a factory or welding or even just pushing a button to announce break-time.
teawrecks@sopuli.xyz 1 month ago
People or LLMs?