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[–] [email protected] 67 points 11 months ago (6 children)

This is different. AI as a transformative tech is going to usher the US economy into the next boom of prosperity. The AI revolution will change the world and allow people to decide if they want to work for money or not (read UBI). In case you haven't caught on, am being sarcastic.

All this despite ChatGPT being a total complete joke.

[–] douglasg14b 53 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

Honestly couldn't tell if you were being sarcastic or not because Poes law until I saw your note.

If all the wealth created by these sorts of things didn't funnel up to the 0.01% then yeah. It could usher in economic changes that help bring about greater prosperity in the same way mechanical automation should have.

Unfortunately it's just going to be another vector for more wealth to be removed from your average American and transferred to a corporation

[–] TurtleJoe 41 points 11 months ago

This was a case where you needed the sarcasm tag. Up to then, it was a totally "reasonable" comment from an AI bro.

BTW, plug "crypto" in to your comment for AI, and it's a totally normal statement from 2020/21. It's such a similar VC grift.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 11 months ago

So, I feel taking an .epub and putting it in a .zip is pretty transformative.

Also you can make ChatGPT (or Copilot) print out quotes with a bit of effort, now that it has Internet.

[–] SparrowRanjitScaur 4 points 11 months ago (2 children)

Can you elaborate on the specific ways that chatgpt is a joke?

[–] [email protected] 4 points 11 months ago
[–] yuki2501 1 points 11 months ago (2 children)
[–] SparrowRanjitScaur 3 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Ah yes, of course. I remember this video. Not all of the specific points, but I do remember Adam Conover really chewing into large language models. Interestingly, that same Adam Conover must have believed AI isn't actually that useless seeing as he became a leading member of the 2023 Hollywood writers strike, in which AI was a central focus:

Writers also wanted artificial intelligence, such as ChatGPT, to be used only as a tool that can help with research or facilitate script ideas and not as a tool to replace them.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2023_Writers_Guild_of_America_strike

That said, I'm not going to rewatch a 25 minute video for a discussion on lemmy. Any specific points you want to make against chat gpt?

[–] wikibot 2 points 11 months ago

Here's the summary for the wikipedia article you mentioned in your comment:

From May 2 to September 27, 2023, the Writers Guild of America (WGA)—representing 11,500 screenwriters—went on strike over a labor dispute with the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers (AMPTP). With a duration of 148 days, the strike is tied with the 1960 strike as the second longest labor stoppage that the WGA has performed, only behind the 1988 strike (153 days). Alongside the 2023 SAG-AFTRA strike, which continued until November, it was part of a series of broader Hollywood labor disputes. Both strikes contributed to the biggest interruption to the American film and television industries since the COVID-19 pandemic. The lack of ongoing film and television productions resulted in some studios having to close doors or reduce staff. The strike also jeopardized long-term contracts created during the media streaming boom: big studios could terminate production deals with writers through force majeure clauses after 90 days, saving them millions of dollars. In addition, numerous other areas within the global entertainment ecosystem were impacted by the strike action, including the VFX industry and prop making studios. Following a tentative agreement, union leadership voted to end the strike on September 27, 2023. On October 9, the WGA membership officially ratified the contract with 99% of WGA members voting in favor of it. Its combined impact with the 2023 SAG-AFTRA strike resulted in the loss of 45,000 jobs, and "an estimated $6.5 billion" loss to the economy of Southern California.

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 11 months ago

Here is an alternative Piped link(s):

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Piped is a privacy-respecting open-source alternative frontend to YouTube.

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[–] UnderpantsWeevil -1 points 11 months ago

In case you haven’t caught on, am being sarcastic.

It sounds like a completely sincere Marc Andressen post to me.