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I think the problem with this narrative is that it assumes that the _online_ is the only reality. For the foreseeable future AIs will be restricted to the digit
by nathan_compton 4y ago
I think the problem with this narrative is that it assumes that the _online_ is the only reality. For the foreseeable future AIs will be restricted to the digital world. I know its hard for us terminally online types to get it: but in fact, most people mostly live in the real world.
And even for things with epistemological import its hard to imagine (current) language model based AI having a big impact beyond making certain things I might have done with a search engine a little more convenient. Like if I need to know something of consequence, I'll still turn to a textbook or a bonafide human expert that I work with.
- daniel_reetz 4y agoIt's more subtle than that. The AIs and algorithms are being employed to influence our behavior (in the most common case - to make us purchase things). We manifest AI into the real world through our behavior.
- nathan_compton 4y agoI'd be happy to put money on the fact that current artificial intelligence, invisible to us because it doesn't talk like a person, has already pretty much maxed out the potential in terms of influencing us to buy shit. These new language models do one thing, which is that they do a passable job of putting one word in front of another for awhile. I just don't see that as earth shattering.