Am I the only one getting agitated by the word AI (Artificial Intelligence)?

Real AI does not exist yet,
atm we only have LLMs (Large Language Models),
which do not think on their own,
but pass turing tests
(fool humans into thinking that they can think).

Imo AI is just a marketing buzzword,
created by rich capitalistic a-holes,
who already invested in LLM stocks,
and now are looking for a profit.

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      711 months ago

      I just get tired of seeing all the dumb ass ways it’s trying to be incorporated into every single thing even though it’s still half-baked and not very useful for a very large amount of people.

      https://i.imgflip.com/2p3dw0.jpg?a473976

      This is nothing but the latest craze, it was drones, then Crypto then Metaverse now it’s AI.

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        511 months ago

        Metaverse was never a craze. Facebook would like you to believe it has more than a dozen users, but it doesn’t.

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          111 months ago

          The broader metaverse–mainly VRChat–had a brief boom during the pandemic, and several conventions (okay yeah it’s furries) held events in there instead since they were unable to hold in-person events. It’s largely faded away though as pandemic restrictions relaxed

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      411 months ago

      To me, it’s as useful as a toy is.

      This used to be my opinion, then I started using local models to help me write code. It’s very useful for that, to automate rote work like writing header files, function descriptions etc. or even to spit out algorithms so that I don’t have to look them up.

      However there are indeed many applications that AI is completely useless for, or is simply the wrong tool.

      While a diagnostic AI onboard in my car would be “useful”, what is more useful is a well-documented industry standard protocol like OBD-II, and even better would be displaying the fault right on the dashboard instead of requiring a scan tool.

      Conveniently none of these require a GPU in the car.