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I really don't understand replies like this. This is just the beginning. It is a tiny, tiny view into this new technology. Nobody with an ounce of intelligenc

I really don't understand replies like this. This is just the beginning. It is a tiny, tiny view into this new technology. Nobody with an ounce of intelligence looked at the first iPhone and thought "ah well it's just another phone". It's the potential of this new technology that is so impressive. How can you not be impressed by this? I am literally incapable of empathizing with your perspective. All I can think is that the world is going to pass you by.

ric2b 3y ago
I felt similarly to you with cryptocurrency but then not much improved in the 10 years since. Maybe LLM's will be different.
- corethree 3y ago
  True but in those 10 Years AI has been moving at a rocket pace. Draw the trend line.
- webdood90 3y ago
  I personally didn't have that "ah ha" moment with crypto/blockchain, but I understand your point. to me AI is different - it's current iteration is useful, today. just this year alone it has improved at an insane pace, so I'm excited to see where we are in a few years.
fipar 3y ago
I'm not sure I follow how you get from me not being impressed by the LLMs I've interacted with (you may be incapable of empathizing with that perspective, but that doesn't make me less unimpressed at them) to some hypothetical people thinking the first iPhone was just another phone, and therefore not having an ounce of intelligence. I'm not worried about the world passing me by, I think LLMs and similar technology will increase, not decrease, the need for people who can troubleshoot and fix live production software. I mean I do have my passive income if I'm forced into early retirement, but I'm not fearing that to happen soon. Mind you, I did say I'd love to be in awe at an AI breakthrough; I'm not a luddite. I just don't see anything in LLMs to impress me, and on the other side, I do see a lot of hype behind it.

ric2b 3y ago

I felt similarly to you with cryptocurrency but then not much improved in the 10 years since. Maybe LLM's will be different.

corethree 3y ago
True but in those 10 Years AI has been moving at a rocket pace. Draw the trend line.
webdood90 3y ago
I personally didn't have that "ah ha" moment with crypto/blockchain, but I understand your point. to me AI is different - it's current iteration is useful, today. just this year alone it has improved at an insane pace, so I'm excited to see where we are in a few years.

fipar 3y ago

I'm not sure I follow how you get from me not being impressed by the LLMs I've interacted with (you may be incapable of empathizing with that perspective, but that doesn't make me less unimpressed at them) to some hypothetical people thinking the first iPhone was just another phone, and therefore not having an ounce of intelligence. I'm not worried about the world passing me by, I think LLMs and similar technology will increase, not decrease, the need for people who can troubleshoot and fix live production software. I mean I do have my passive income if I'm forced into early retirement, but I'm not fearing that to happen soon. Mind you, I did say I'd love to be in awe at an AI breakthrough; I'm not a luddite. I just don't see anything in LLMs to impress me, and on the other side, I do see a lot of hype behind it.