Throwing one more story into the "Is AI going to replace all jobs?" folder.

[larthallor@mastodon.social]

@evacide Discounting the eventual elimination of something like 90% of contemporary jobs via AI because of anecdotes like this is equivalent to laughing at a broken down Model T on the side of a trail in 1913 as you pass by in your trusty horse-drawn carriage, shaking your head at all the people saying the automobile is the future.

The problem with AI is not that it doesn't work. The problem with AI is that it, increasingly, does.

[professor_stevens@mastodon.gamedev.place]

@evacide

Despite what Donald Trump thinks, I could only boycott my Starbuck's purchases down by 100% (which wasn't much, really, because their coffee always tastes burnt and I didn't like it). But, can I multiply my boycott by buying coffee from their competitors?

[europlus@social.europlus.zone]

@evacide @briankrebs #NoAI

[pkyo@kind.social]

@evacide

“One general theme that to me is … a little bit perplexing, is how, on many levels, [return on investment] seems not to be a main consideration [of AI tools]—the promise that down the road all this is going to make sense,” Gallino said. “That is something that can be out of focus in the middle of the hype.”

[btuftin@social.coop]

@funkylab @evacide pretty sure AI was used to write it too. It's full of contradictory statements.

[wesdym@mastodon.social]

@evacide What's fascinating about this is that basic math is pretty much the absolute minimum we expect of ANY computer. A disposably cheap pocket calculator I can pick up from a dollar store will do it flawlessly and reliably. AI has no excuse. More accurately, the people making and selling it have none.

[guy_bockamp@mastodon.social]

@lennybacon @evacide It feels hard to hit the right tone here.

I sense there are a great many who believe that AI is a hype (there is clearly truth to it). But a majority on Mastodon seems not to believe in any real-world effects, in particular referring to the job market.

They are totally wrong:

This is not a case of noobs in suits will die trying stupid things. Stupid things will arrive anyway.

I am totally certain: the effects are/will be real just as much as the hype bubble is/will be.

[evacide@hachyderm.io]

@guy_bockamp @lennybacon If you could point to the place where I said that AI would not have any real-world effects, I would be happy to have that argument, but I didn't, so I don't think it's worth getting into. I am not bothered by the fact that not every one of my Mastodon posts includes a lengthy and nuanced discussion of my position on this topic.

[guy_bockamp@mastodon.social]

@evacide @lennybacon I did not say you did.

Insinuating that you have an "Is AI going to replace all jobs?" folder in which to throw the story of Starbucks rewinding its AI experiments, however, gave me the impression that you collect stories of how firing workers to replace them with AI would fail.

[evacide@hachyderm.io]

@guy_bockamp @lennybacon And even that is not "AI is not going to any real-world effects."

[ehay2k@mastodon.social]

@evacide

I was thinking: At least the #baristas are safe from #AI.
And then yesterday I saw this at a tech conference:

[wraptile@fosstodon.org]

@Pine_Affinity @evacide real mature - straight to the block list. Bye

[wraptile@fosstodon.org]

@ratsnakegames @evacide we - the people with brains and empathy. You should try one of these.

[ratsnakegames@mastodon.social]

@wraptile fuck off

[guy_bockamp@mastodon.social]

@evacide @lennybacon i’m pretty confident that I was referring to “a majority on mastodon“.

Whether you consider yourself just that I leave up to your own discretion.

No offense oh intended though.

[evacide@hachyderm.io]

@guy_bockamp @lennybacon Given that you led with "I really think that you are getting this wrong," it is weird to follow up the request to explain by talking about an opinion you don't think I have.