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AI crap - Why ML will make the world worse, not better (drewdevault.com)
submitted 1 year ago by pnutzh4x0r@lemmy.ndlug.org to c/technology@beehaw.org
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There is a machine learning bubble, but the technology is here to stay. Once the bubble pops, the world will be changed by machine learning. But it will probably be crappier, not better.

What will happen to AI is boring old capitalism. Its staying power will come in the form of replacing competent, expensive humans with crappy, cheap robots.

AI is defined by aggressive capitalism. The hype bubble has been engineered by investors and capitalists dumping money into it, and the returns they expect on that investment are going to come out of your pocket. The singularity is not coming, but the most realistic promises of AI are going to make the world worse. The AI revolution is here, and I don’t really like it.

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[–] abhibeckert@beehaw.org 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

I don't have anything against you or your colleagues. You've got every right to strike if that's what you want to do.

But there are millions of people being harmed by the strike. That's a simple fact.

Journalists/etc need to do their job and provide good balanced information on critical issues like this one. FUD like the article posted here just inflames the debate and eliminates any chance of reason. PS: while I'm not a writer, I do have close friends who are.