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[–] [S] 2 points 8 hours ago
[–] [S] 4 points 1 day ago (5 children)

That makes it look like AI was striving for functionality. But they are bullshit machines

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  • [–] [S] 11 points 11 hours ago (1 child)

    There are genuinely good use cases for them, just not what the hype machine has been driving

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  • [–] [S] 6 points 10 hours ago (1 child)

    This.

    Using Machine Learning to make more reliable cancer diagnosis tools? Based and GOATed.

    Using LLM's to replace your customer service department? Deserving of a high five, in the face, with a rake.

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  • [–] [S] 9 points 21 hours ago* (1 child)

    Depends on what. LLMs, sure, but AI models, called neural networks before, have been in use in a lot of physics simulations for a long time. At its base, it's a huge number cruncher. How you crunch the numbers makes rhe difference.

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  • [–] [S] -1 points 3 hours ago

    Indeed, I meant mostly LLMs, but also image generating AIs. I don't know of they have much in common in the way they work, but what is commonly described as generative AI. They are responsible for A) the hype and B) the horrible bullshit, mayhem and destruction being visited on the world ever since their spread.

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  • [–] [S] 3 points 15 hours ago (2 children)
  • [–] [S] 1 point 8 hours ago (1 child)

    Yeah the corporate bs has really hampered any practical use of these algorithms.

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  • [–] [S] 2 points 3 hours ago (1 child)

    Totally false - maybe in some respects, but saying there's "no practical use" is indefensible.

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  • [–] [S] 2 points 1 hour ago (1 child)

    I said "hampered any practical use" not "no practical use" maybe I should have left out the "any" but I never said absolutes, hampered means it's been made difficult.

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  • [–] [S] 0 points 3 hours ago (1 child)

    Apparently generating healthy recipes is "corporate bullshit".

    Or maybe buzzwords are the only thing people care about here.

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  • [–] [S] 1 point 1 hour ago

    apparently AI has been a defined product that is used to describe solutions that are both intelligent and artificial for the past 40 years.

    apparently AI has been used to ensure that commercial airlines maintain horizontal flight even when there is no pilot.

    apparently AI has been used to determine where mechanical stress occurs on 3D models based on the material and environmental factors, leading to safer products.

    but yeah no, go ahead and liken AI to an unintelligible LLM because "AI" totally needs to make recipes that include glue, sewer water, and cat shit.

    I think you may have eaten a bit too much of the "AI" bullshit.

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