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This article has good intentions but seems like a giant buildup to promote local inference tech stack
by nextworddev 3y ago
This article has good intentions but seems like a giant buildup to promote local inference tech stack
- minimaxir 3y agoProviding evidence to support a conclusion is a perfectly valid rhetorical strategy. It's only annoying if a blog post is using the structure to pull a "here's a list of reasons why X sucks; this is why my monetized project Y is better, please use it!" which is not the case here.
- bee_rider 3y agoPromoting local inference is a good thing to do.
- simonw 3y agoMy agenda with this article is to make AI companies aware that they have a genuine crisis on their hands, and hopefully push them to be more transparent and work hard to try and regain the trust that they have lost. I added the bit about local models mainly because I knew that if I didn't 90% of the conversation about the article would be "yeah but he didn't talk about the obvious solution, which is local models".
- nextworddev 3y agoThanks for the clarification. I agree that “opt in by default” is a dark pattern - but how else would any cloud service provide a RAG enabled service? Perhaps it should be made explicit during the onboarding process like geolocation (opinions as a former location PM at faang)
- simonw 3y agoIn this particular case it looks like opt-in would have been a much better way to go. Having a "enable AI features" checkbox seems to me like it would be a smart approach here.
- JohnFen 3y ago> I agree that “opt in by default” is a dark pattern Not only that, it's a nonsequitor. It's ridiculous on its face to say someone else making a decision for you is you "opting in".