[–] sherdil2022 1y ago ↗ https://archive.ph/H4aZYWorth reading.Cuts through and gets to the reason for the AI hype and what AI is actually all about (automation in a shiny wrapper and is little more than a “stochastic parrot”, a term that she coined in a 2021 paper).
[–] alganet 1y ago ↗ Companies are swiftly moving from an "intelligence" narrative to an "augmentation" narrative (I think it's also doomed).I think the linguists already won, but the AI tale is so tall it hasn't had the time to hit the ground yet.LLMs will probably find some use though.
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[ 3.1 ms ] story [ 14.5 ms ] threadWorth reading.
Cuts through and gets to the reason for the AI hype and what AI is actually all about (automation in a shiny wrapper and is little more than a “stochastic parrot”, a term that she coined in a 2021 paper).
I think the linguists already won, but the AI tale is so tall it hasn't had the time to hit the ground yet.
LLMs will probably find some use though.