The post itself is making fun of r/LeftistForAI, but then I veer into the comments and there's a lot of "AI would be good actually if weren't for capitalism."

First of all, people seem to be under the impression these so-called "AIs" can do a bunch of things they cannot do, which is really frustrating.

But my critique of the thing is so much more fundamental:

Anything worthwhile or interesting, whether it be written words, music, a game, whatever, is characterized by someone making an effort. Like they actually tried, they actually thought about it. They tried to look at the big picture as well as the details. Decisions were made about many things, should this be this way or that way? Things were tried, sometimes thrown out, sometimes kept. Someone went over it again and again.

Prompting a fucking LLM, or music generator or whatever, to just make a thing means that doesn't happen. Why would I engage with a thing that the "creator" didn't even bother engaging with?

Is nobody else feeling this way? They're all just missing the forest for the trees! WTF is going on?

you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments

[–] BuhbyeLittleGumshoe@hexbear.net 2 points 2 weeks ago

I’m not the original person but the reason we have chatbots and image generators and the whole concept of AI slop is because the “AI” sector got chosen as a vessel for speculation. I strongly question the utility/ethics/value of chatbots, versus the applications for this sector if it was not being turned into the ersatz centerpiece of global capitalism. I think you’re humoring these speculators when you try to understand it through the lens of sapience.

In a few years it will be some other tech sector where a lack of progress can be hidden behind billions from international finance gamblers. If we don’t have a 100th Anniversary Black Tuesday Reenactment.