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> This is a strange opinion to hear on HN. A diversity of viewpoints is healthy for discussion, and diversity yeilds a healthy and robust eco-system. Not all
by MrVandemar 2y ago
> This is a strange opinion to hear on HN.
A diversity of viewpoints is healthy for discussion, and diversity yeilds a healthy and robust eco-system.
Not all of us drink deep of the Kool-"AI"d. So far it's main application appears to be give marketing something to annoy the snot out out you with.
- zarzavat 2y agoGoogle Translate has been using LLMs for the last 6 years and nobody seems to have an issue with that. Or what about YouTube automatic captions?
- wkat4242 2y agoHas it really? I find it's way worse than using ChatGPT for translation.
- MrVandemar 2y agoI mentioned neither of those things. Nor did I make a sweeping statement that all "AI" is bad (or good).
- dchest 2y agoI expect commenters on HN to substantiate their opinion rather than just be dismissive. I called it strange because I think commenters here are smart enough to dig under the layer of marketing from extremist sides (Kool-AI'd and anti-AI) and discuss technical merits and downsides. Grug Notes is good case of applying LLMs — organizing information — which is far superior than previous algorithms (try extracting entities with regexps or previous NLP models). It also doesn't really do over-the-top BS advertising of its AI features. But no, let's dismiss it because "AI". There's the whole thread of comments, but so far there's not a single comment (including yours!) explaining their point of view apart from "I don't like AI", "I don't like AI marketing", "I think it would be slow because I see 'AI'" or "this part of the software was not made by or is run by the same person who made the software".