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I've had very much the opposite experience. Very nearly every AI skeptic take I read has exactly this opinion, if not always so well-articulated (until the la

I've had *very* much the opposite experience. Very nearly every AI skeptic take I read has exactly this opinion, if not always so well-articulated (until the last section, which lost me). But counterarguments always attack the complete strawman of "AI is utterly useless," which very few people, at least within the confines of the tech and business commentariat, are making.

Kiro 11mo ago
Maybe I'm focusing too much in the hardliners but I see it everywhere, especially in tech.
- emp17344 11mo ago
  Where’s all the data showing productivity increases from AI adoption? If AI is so useful, it shouldn’t be hard to prove it.
  - logicprog 11mo ago
    Measuring productivity in software development, or even white collar jobs in general, let alone the specific productivity gains of even things like the introduction of digital technology and the internet at all, let alone stuff like static vs dynamic types, or the productivity difference of various user interface modalities, is notoriously extremely difficult. Why would we expect to be able to do it here? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Productivity_paradox https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Productivity_paradox https://danluu.com/keyboard-v-mouse/ https://danluu.com/keyboard-v-mouse/ https://danluu.com/empirical-pl/ https://danluu.com/empirical-pl/ https://facetation.blogspot.com/2015/03/white-collar-productivity-review.html?m=1 https://facetation.blogspot.com/2015/03/white-collar-product... https://newsletter.getdx.com/p/difficult-to-measure https://newsletter.getdx.com/p/difficult-to-measure
    - thunderfork 11mo ago
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- layer8 11mo ago
  If you’re talking about forums and social media, or anything attention-driven, then the prevalence of hyperbole is normal.
wyre 11mo ago
I found the last section to be the most exciting part of the article. Describing a conspiracy around AI development, not being about the AI, but the power that a few individuals will gain by building data centers that rival the size, power, and water consumption of small cities, which are will be used to gain political power.

I've had *very* much the opposite experience. Very nearly every AI skeptic take I read has exactly this opinion, if not always so well-articulated (until the la

Kiro 11mo ago

Maybe I'm focusing too much in the hardliners but I see it everywhere, especially in tech.

emp17344 11mo ago
Where’s all the data showing productivity increases from AI adoption? If AI is so useful, it shouldn’t be hard to prove it.
- logicprog 11mo ago
  Measuring productivity in software development, or even white collar jobs in general, let alone the specific productivity gains of even things like the introduction of digital technology and the internet at all, let alone stuff like static vs dynamic types, or the productivity difference of various user interface modalities, is notoriously extremely difficult. Why would we expect to be able to do it here? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Productivity_paradox https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Productivity_paradox https://danluu.com/keyboard-v-mouse/ https://danluu.com/keyboard-v-mouse/ https://danluu.com/empirical-pl/ https://danluu.com/empirical-pl/ https://facetation.blogspot.com/2015/03/white-collar-productivity-review.html?m=1 https://facetation.blogspot.com/2015/03/white-collar-product... https://newsletter.getdx.com/p/difficult-to-measure https://newsletter.getdx.com/p/difficult-to-measure
  - thunderfork 11mo ago
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layer8 11mo ago
If you’re talking about forums and social media, or anything attention-driven, then the prevalence of hyperbole is normal.

wyre 11mo ago

I found the last section to be the most exciting part of the article. Describing a conspiracy around AI development, not being about the AI, but the power that a few individuals will gain by building data centers that rival the size, power, and water consumption of small cities, which are will be used to gain political power.