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It's actually disillusioned me quite a bit when it comes to tech. I feel like software developers are some of the most empowered people on the planet, and yet

It's actually disillusioned me quite a bit when it comes to tech. I feel like software developers are some of the most empowered people on the planet, and yet we continue to push and enable the dumbest crap and make the most overhyped predictions about it. I don't understand how we can be so self-deluded to look at a chatbot that has mastered the art of bullshitting and act like this is some consequential, state-of-the-art thing. To make such ridiculous predictions about the future based on the ability of this thing to sound convincing. I genuinely hope our delusions and complete ignorance of the wider world completely destroys the illusion we've built in the public imagination. I hope this is the end of "tech" as it's widely perceived. I hope the rest of the world sees our "world" as the joke it really is. Hell, I think it's already started.

pornel 4y ago
We've had a hype cycle about chatbot UIs a few years ago* already, but back then they were 3 regexes in a trench coat. This one actually understands the context, is great at parsing natural language, and has some real-world common-sense. > *) When was the hype about chatbots? > The hype around chatbots began to grow in the early 2010s and reached a peak in the mid-2010s. Chatbots were seen as a potential game-changer for businesses, as they promised to automate a wide range of tasks and provide a more convenient and personalized experience for customers. However, the hype around chatbots has since subsided somewhat, as the technology has failed to live up to some of the initial hype and has faced challenges such as a lack of standardization and the difficulty of creating chatbots that can effectively handle complex or open-ended conversations.
yuppiemephisto 4y ago
this made me realize one type of split in what is 'real intelligence': mean and max. chatgpt has high mean, low max relative to human. for automating the boring stuff, this is great. better at boilerplate than anyone i know.

pornel 4y ago

We've had a hype cycle about chatbot UIs a few years ago* already, but back then they were 3 regexes in a trench coat. This one actually understands the context, is great at parsing natural language, and has some real-world common-sense. > *) When was the hype about chatbots? > The hype around chatbots began to grow in the early 2010s and reached a peak in the mid-2010s. Chatbots were seen as a potential game-changer for businesses, as they promised to automate a wide range of tasks and provide a more convenient and personalized experience for customers. However, the hype around chatbots has since subsided somewhat, as the technology has failed to live up to some of the initial hype and has faced challenges such as a lack of standardization and the difficulty of creating chatbots that can effectively handle complex or open-ended conversations.

yuppiemephisto 4y ago

this made me realize one type of split in what is 'real intelligence': mean and max. chatgpt has high mean, low max relative to human. for automating the boring stuff, this is great. better at boilerplate than anyone i know.