Post #3261886

So in sum, I think the currently expected positive uses of "AI" are either things ML was already doing or possible minor improvements. But a bunch of those improvements are on top of systems that should be rebuilt to be radically better, not just slapping another layer of shiny wallpaper on top. And a lot of what people are going to do with the ability to generate "content" is a net societal negative. Manipulation, disinformation, propaganda, and a general sea of bullshit that real humans will waste time reading. Alas, as we've seen with the 10-year arc of "crypto", we appear to be willing to waste approximately infinite time and money as long as a) there's a hard-to-refute technoutopian gloss on top, and b) somebody somewhere is pocketing some of that money. 14/