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AI crap - Why ML will make the world worse, not better (drewdevault.com)

submitted 1 year ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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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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[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

People are already doing it, piece by piece, in all areas. As more AIs get input from other AIs, the chance of a cascading failure increases... but it will seem to be working "good enough" up until then, so more people will keep jumping on the bandwagon.

The question is: can we prepare for the eventual cascading spazz out, or have we no option other than letting it catch us by surprise?