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> the difference is that generative AI leaders literally think that they are about to create a techno-utopia, and they may be sorely disappointed when others do
by raincole 3y ago
> the difference is that generative AI leaders literally think that they are about to create a techno-utopia, and they may be sorely disappointed when others don't feel the same way.
No, the difference is generative AI guys believe that the content generated by generative AI will soon be literally (literal literally, not figurative literally) indistinguishable from those made by humans.
It's quite different from other techs. When people invented movie films, they (almost certainly) didn't think watching a movie will be literally the same experience as going to the opera.
Are they wrong? I don't know. But so far I incline to agree with them.
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