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"Make shit up that sounds plausible" is actually not a useful strategy for running real world operations. Yet so many people are so certain as you are - when al

• krapp 2y ago
  >"Make shit up that sounds plausible" is actually not a useful strategy for running real world operations. That's often how the real world works, though. Rich, powerful people decide this is going to be the future and they throw money and infrastructure at it until it happens or the economy collapses. Lather, rinse, repeat. I think in the short term you're correct because AI often doesn't live up to the hype (especially where the arts are concerned,) and it may take one or two AI winters and hype cycles to get there, but I've already seen AI do too many "impossible" things for me to be confident that it will remain bullshit forever.
  • jeremyjh 2y ago
    > That's often how the real world works, though. Rich, powerful people Are not running operations. They hire the people that do.
  • thefz 2y ago
    > That's often how the real world works, though. No. If your house stands up or the light switches on when you press a button, it is all because someone did their homework and was good at their job. Sometimes I wonder if people dream of an AI-driven (not the current AI, AGI) because it means they will not have to learn anything anymore.