the crypto scam ended when the AI scam started. AI conveniently uses the same/similar hardware that crypto used before the bubble burst.

that not enough? take a look at this google trends that shows when interest in crypto died AI took off.

so yeah, there's a lot more that connects the two than what you'd like people to believe.

not once did I mention ChatGPT or LLMs. why do aibros always use them as an argument? I think it's because you all know how shit they are and call it out so you can disarm anyone trying to use it as proof of how shit AI is.

everything you mentioned is ML and algorithm interpretation, not AI. fuzzy data is processed by ML. fuzzy inputs, ML. AI stores data similarly to a neural network, but that does not mean it "thinks like a human".

if nobody can provide peer reviewed articles, that means they don't exist, which means all the "power" behind AI is just hot air. if they existed, just pop it into your little LLM and have it spit the articles out.

AI is a marketing joke like "the cloud" was 20 years ago.

According to Oxford, they define plagiarism as,

Presenting work or ideas from another source as your own, with or without consent of the original author, by incorporating it into your work without full acknowledgement.

I think that covers 100% of your argument here.

LLMs can't provide reference to their source materials without opening the business behind it to litigation. this means the LLM can't request consent.

the child, in this case, cannot get consent from the original author that wrote the content that trained the LLM, cannot get consent from the LLM, and incorporated the result of LLM plagiarism into their work and attempted to pass it off as their own.

the parents are entitled and enabling pricks and don't have legal ground to stand on.

when I get an email written by AI, it means the person who sent it doesn't deem me worth their time to respond to me themselves.

I get a lot of email that I have to read for work. It used to be about 30 a day that I had to respond to. now that people are using AI, it's at or over 100 a day.

I provide technical consulting and give accurate feedback based on my knowledge and experience on the product I have built over the last decade and a half.

if nobody is reading my email why does it matter if I'm accurate? if generative AI is training on my knowledge and experience where does that leave me in 5 years?

business is built on trust, AI circumvents that trust by replacing the nuances between partners that grow that trust.

those aren't examples they're hearsay. "oh everybody knows this to be true"

You are ignoring ALL of the of the positive applications of AI from several decades of development, and only focusing on the negative aspects of generative AI.

generative AI is the only "AI". everything that came before that was a thought experiment based on the human perception of a neural network. it'd be like calling a first draft a finished book.

if you consider the Turing Test AI then it blurs the line between a neural net and nested if/else logic.

Here is a non-exhaustive list of some applications:

• In healthcare as a tool for earlier detection and prevention of certain diseases

great, give an example of this being used to save lives from a peer reviewed source that won't be biased by product development or hospital marketing.

• For anomaly detection in intrusion detection system, protecting web servers

let's be real here, this is still a golden turd and is more ML than AI. I know because it's my job to know.

• Disaster relief for identifying the affected areas and aiding in planning the rescue effort

hearsay, give a creditable source of when this was used to save lives. I doubt that AI could ever be used in this way because it's basic disaster triage, which would open ANY company up to litigation should their algorithm kill someone.

• Fall detection in e.g. phones and smartwatches that can alert medical services, especially useful for the elderly.

this dumb. AI isn't even used in this and you know it. algorithms are not AI. falls are detected when a sudden gyroscopic speed/ direction is identified based on a set number of variables. everyone falls the same when your phone is in your pocket. dropping your phone will show differently due to a change in mass and spin. again, algorithmic not AI.

• Various forecasting applications that can help plan e.g. production to reduce waste. Etc...

forecasting is an algorithm not AI. ML would determine the percentage of an algorithm is accurate based on what it knows. algorithms and ML is not AI.

There have even been a lot of good applications of generative AI, e.g. in production, especially for construction, where a generative AI can the functionally same product but with less material, while still maintaining the strength. This reduces cost of manufacturing, and also the environmental impact due to the reduced material usage.

this reads just like the marketing bullshit companies promote to show how "altruistic" they are.

Does AI have its problems? Sure. Is generative AI being misused and abused? Definitely. But just because some applications are useless it doesn't mean that the whole field is.

I won't deny there is potential there, but we're a loooong way from meaningful impact.

A hammer can be used to murder someone, that does not mean that all hammers are murder weapons.

just because a hammer is a hammer doesn't mean it can't be used to commit murder. dumbest argument ever, right up there with "only way to stop a bad guy with a gun is a good guy with a gun."

If I just hand wave all the bad things and call them amazing, AI is everything but the bad things!

• cryptobros AI evangelists

give me at least two peer reviewed articles that AI has had a measurably positive impact on society over the last 24 months.

shouldn't be too hard for AI to come up with that, right?

if you can do that then I'll admit that AI has potential to become more than a crypto scam.

I don't get the ai hate sentiment.

I don't get what's not to get. AI is a heap of bullshit that's piled on top of a decade of cryptobros.

it's not even impressive enough to make a positive world impact in the 2-3 years it's been publicly available.

shit is going to crash and burn like web3.

I've seen people put full on contracts that are behind NDAs through a public content trained AI.

I've seen developers use cuck-pilot for a year and "never" code again... until the PR is sent back over and over and over again and they have to rewrite it.

I've seen the AI news about new chemicals, new science, new _fill-in-the-blank and it all be PR bullshit.

so yeah, I don't believe AI is our savior. can it make some convincing porn? sure. can it do my taxes? probably not.

could one say, they don't give a shit?

I would because it's an open and shut case no judge would deny.

and you would be incorrect, most GPL/fossy licensing doesn't specifically prohibit commercial use.

because if a gross white supremacist starts saying/doing things I agree with I need to evaluate if he's changing or if I'm changing.

speaking from my own personal experience. options for dates were lackluster and I couldn't get what I wanted out of the relationships I had so, I looked elsewhere.

especially in small rural communities where the opportunities to expand your experience in mature relationships. most the dates I had were, "let's get wasted and fuck on this dirt road" or "let's get drunk around the bon fire with all our friends and go fuck in the woods". sound nice, but if it's the only option every weekend it gets old.

I wanted a personal connection to someone outside of getting drunk and having sex, others are fine with it.

I remember being in highschool in the late 90s/early 2000s and someone found out I had an online dating profile.

I was relentlessly teased about it, borderline bullying.

I eventually met my current wife online, couldn't be happier.

looking back, the teasing was likely because I was the only genuinely nice guy those girls knew and were upset their choices for dates were abysmal. it's all for the best though, I wouldn't have wanted to be around anyone who could treat me that way and be ok with it.

I'm pleased that the stigma against online dating has all but vanished.

folks thought the same for the Genesis and Atari flashbacks but some tinkering found they were using FOSS emulation. IMO FOSS projects should start charging companies that use their products dependent on scale.

I'm reminded of a meme from the early 2000s. keep in mind it was a completely different time.

arguing with someone online is like the special Olympics. you may win but everyone looks retarded.

pull a WordPress and force a TOS in the license to say you cannot be affiliated with Nintendo in any way in order to use this software.

they want to emulate their hardware? then they can build their own emulator.

it's pitiful that you think a three year long career gives you the wisdom and ability to see what the next 35 years is going to need.

sit down child, nobody asked you.

time to block microsoft in pihole then.

no Microsoft, no updates.

damn it's hot in here! did you guys know it '98 up in here?!