Comment by conartist6

5 days ago

Race to the middle really sums up how I feel about AI.

The middle gets lower and lower with every passing day.

  • Ive noticed that the subtle/nunance gets lost with every so-called improvement with the models.

    Im in no way anti-LLMs as I have benefited from them, but I believe the issue that will arise is that their unpredictable nature means that they can only be used in narrowly defined contexts. Safety and trust are paramount. Would you use online banking if the balance on your account randomly changed and was not reproducible? No chance.

    This does not achieve the ROI that investors of these model producers are thinking. The question is whether said investors can sell off their shares before it becomes more widely known.

    • > I believe the issue that will arise is that their unpredictable nature means that they can only be used in narrowly defined contexts. Safety and trust are paramount.

      You put words to something that's been on my mind for a while!

  • Well yeah, when you race to the middle, the middle becomes the top, and then you've got to go find the new middle.

People felt this was already happening. I remenber reading filter world which described this pre Ai

I call it the great blur.

  • I call it a mirage. I get why people are taken aback and fascinated by it. But what the model producers are chasing is a mirage. I wonder when they'll finally accept it?

    • I think the LLM providers are selling the ability to create a mirage.

      LLMs are a tool for marketers or state departments who want to be create FUD on a moment's notice.

      The obvious truth is that LLMs basically suck for writing code.

      The real marketing scheme is the ability to silence and stifle that obvious truth.

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