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[–] ikidd@lemmy.world 33 points 2 days ago (3 children)

"Confidently incorrect" I think describes a lot of AI aficionados.

[–] wewbull@feddit.uk 15 points 2 days ago

And LLMs themselves.

[–] ameancow@lemmy.world 9 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

I would also add "hopeful delusionals" and "unhinged cultist" to that list of labels.

Seriously, we have people right now making their plans for what they're going to do with their lives once Artificial Super Intelligence emerges and changes the entire world to some kind of post-scarcity, Star-Trek world where literally everyone is wealthy and nobody has to work. They think this is only several years away. Not a tiny number either, and they exist on a broad spectrum.

Our species is so desperate for help from beyond, a savior that will change the current status-quo. We've been making fantasies and stories to indulge this desire for millenia and this is just the latest incarnation.

No company on Earth is going to develop any kind of machine or tool that will destabilize the economic markets of our capitalist world. A LOT has to change before anyone will even dream of upending centuries of wealth-building.

[–] AI_toothbrush@lemmy.zip 3 points 2 days ago

AI itself too i guess. Also i have to point this out every time but my username was chosen way before all this shit blew up into our faces. Ive used this one on every platform for years.