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Just because something can be done doesn't mean it should be

• measurablefunc 1y ago
  The logic is that if they don't do it then Meta or some other company will & they have decided it's better that they do it b/c they are the better, more righteous, & moral people. But the main issue is I don't understand how they went from solving general intelligence to becoming an ad sponsored synthetic media company without anyone noticing.
  • camillomiller 1y ago
    Oh we all noticed, but this is a new level of entrepreneurial narcissism and corporate gas lighting. Maybe one day Sam Altman will generally be perceived as who he actually is
    • measurablefunc 1y ago
      He is the boy wonder genius who will usher an era of infinite abundance but before he does that he has to take a detour to generate a lot of synthetic media & siphon a lot of user queries at every hour of every day so that advertisers can better target consumers w/ their plastic gadgets & snake oils. I'm sure they just need a few more trillions in data center buildouts & then they can get around to building the general purpose intelligence that will deliver us to the fully automated luxurious communist utopia.
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  • array_key_first 1y ago
    It's because AI is just software, and like most software, it's shit. Almost a net negative for people. Obviously you can't sell a neutral or net negative product, so you just do what software always does, offset it with ads, i.e. consuming human time instead of money. If a service has real value people actually want, then it doesn't require ads. If the service needs ads to be viable as a business, that's a strong indicator the product or service isn't very good or useful.