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AI doesn't make writing obsolete, it makes it even more important because human inputs are necessary for all existing systems.
by haltist 3y ago
AI doesn't make writing obsolete, it makes it even more important because human inputs are necessary for all existing systems.
- anileated 3y agoWhat is the business model that would ensure the authors (whose work is necessary to train the LLM) get paid (considering everyone will just pay MS for using the LLM, and MS would not pay authors)?
- zarzavat 3y agoWho says the authors will always be human? LLMs have the potential to write their own books. There will be a time when humans and LLMs work in tandem, and eventually the LLMs will get good enough to write the book itself and the human just edits and provides the raw source material. This does not seem particularly far away.
- alephnerd 3y agoWhy are you being downvoted? This is now SOP for plenty of PMs and TechDoc teams at a couple large companies, and on the roadmap for others. The act of transcribing is low value and should be automated, but the act of creating and moderating abstract ideas is still something in the human domain. Reuters has been doing this since the early 2000s btw at their R&D lab in Bangalore.
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- keiferski 3y agoA big part of book sales comes from the personality of the author and their pitches to the audience. An LLM has no charisma and the time of buying a book from an AI being "cool" has already come and gone.
- anileated 3y agoWild prediction, but even if we pretend it happens it does not answer my question. What’s the business model, again?
- haltist 3y agoThere is no money in creation. You can do with that what you will.
- anileated 3y agoA controversial statement without any backing arguments. Even if it is true in some limited ways thanks to ChatGPT, remember that right as we speak someone is getting paid big bucks for creating ChatGPT. Do with that what you will.
- haltist 3y agoGood luck chasing money, I'm sure it will work out for you. As a homeless member of the techno-optimism church I believe profit incentives and corporate institutions built for worshipping money will get humanity to the technological singularity and the merger of biology and silicon.
- anileated 3y agoSpeak for yourself. Most ordinary people do not chase money as end goal, they create value for numerous reasons (including compensation, status, appreciation), most of which are being undermined.
- haltist 3y agoAnyway, good luck. I am certain the pursuit of profitable monetary value will create AGI so the more people there are who want to make more money the faster we will all get to the singularity. This is documented by Marc Andreesen in his manifesto so I know it is the right path.
- anileated 3y agoThere’s no AGI to create, like “AI” it’s not actually a thing other than a fancy buzzword to attract money. There are just ML algorithms and humans who (mis)use them to benefit or harm. Where you may be right is that it will certainly help a small number of already rich and influential people concentrate even more money and influence. However, whether it will lead to any qualitative change is dubious as far as I’m concerned.