Best case scenario here is that this is how one department of Google get money out of the other bits of Google, because the internal bean counters cannot control their fiscal sphincters when someone says “ai” to them.
That's my hope either - every dollar spent on the technological dead-end of quantum is a dollar not spent on the planet-killing Torment Nexus of AI.
New piece which caught my attention: Against AI literacy: have we actually found a way to reverse learning?
Any military use of AI is already gonna be seen in a warcrimey light thanks to Israel using it in their Gaza Geneva Checklist Speedrun - add in the public being fully aware of your average LLM's, shall we say, tenuous connection to reality, and you have a recipe for people immediately assuming the worst.
Me, eight months ago
In case you missed it, a couple sneers came out against AI from mainstream news outlets recently - CNN's put out an article titled "Apple’s AI isn’t a letdown. AI is the letdown", whilst the New York Times recently proclaimed "The Tech Fantasy That Powers A.I. Is Running on Fumes".
You want my take on this development, I'm with Ed Zitron on this - this is a sign of an impending sea change. Looks like the bubble's finally nearing its end.
In other news, IETF 127 (which is being held in November) is facing a boycott months in advance. The reason? Its being held in the United States.
This likely applies to a lot of things, but that would have been unthinkable before the election.
Well-known YouTuber Markiplier also went off on Honey back in 2019, and needless to say he felt pretty vindicated:
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You know those polls that say fewer than 20% of Americans trust AI scientists?
No, but I'd say its a good sign we're getting close to an AI winter
Not a sneer, but a deeply cursed dream from a friend:
Witnessed an AI doomer freaking out over a16z trying to deep-six SB1047.
Seems like the "AI doom" criti-hype is starting to become a bit of an albatross around the industry's neck.
Update: Whilst the the story's veracity remains unconfirmed as of this writing, it has gone on to become a shitshow for the AI industry anyways - turns out the story got posted on Twitter and proceeded to go viral.
Assuming its fabricated, I suspect OP took their cues from this 404 Media report made a year ago, which warned about the flood of ChatGPT-generated mycology books and their potentially fatal effects.
As for people believing it, I'm not shocked - the AI bubble has caused widespread harm to basically every aspect of society, and the AI industry is viewed (rightfully so, I'd say) as having willingly caused said harm by developing and releasing AI systems, and as utterly unrepentant about it.
Additionally, those who use AI are viewed (once again, rightfully so) as unrepentant scumbags of the highest order, entirely willing to defraud and hurt others to make a quick buck.
With both those in mind, I wouldn't blame anyone for immediately believing it.
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