[image] Food for thought for the AI fans Offtopic

what sort of conversation were you hoping to start beyond a rehash of the “AI is impressive” vs “actually I think it sucks” flame war?

I think the article is interesting (and important) precisely because it is not a rehash of that flame war, nor a philosophical critique a la Chomsky. It is not about the technology itself, but the context in which it exists, and that context is easy to miss for those of us who focus/work on the tech…

Just wanted to thank @PetrKryslUCSD for the nice article! This paragraph was particularly good: " There is a world in which generative AI, as a powerful predictive research tool and a performer of tedious tasks, could indeed be marshalled to benefit humanity, other species and our shared home. But…

I also think the article is interesting, and of interest to the community. However, I think an important point is that it is expected that the OP takes a bit of responsibility in directing the discussion away from flame wars, offensive slander, etc. This is usually a job moderators like @mbauman un…

A problem with the empty original post is that I could come into the conversation trying to figure out how to respond to the subject headline rather than the linked article.

[image] mbauman: No input beyond the title. Why should I bother reading that article? What sort of discussion do you want to have here? Why does there seem to be a double standard in this case compared to: 1 , 2 , 3 , 4 , 5 , 6 , 7 , 8 , 9 , …, infinity?

[image] PetrKryslUCSD: False, my friend. All that is required is to provide a starter topic. When I run discussion forums with my students, I make it a point not to offer my opinion at all. It might shut down or at least bias the conversation. I understand this point of view as it pertains to…

There’s not a standard. There is no guidance on link-only posts. But: there is guidance about this being the forum for the Julia programming language community (and thus we have closed other off-topic posts that are part of larger non-Julia specific hot-button topics, even in #offtopic ). And ther…

I just looked at the first few of those, and some read like announcments (like the linux one), others have a clear question in the title (i.e. the purpose of the topic). I looked back at the thread that spawned this one, and it seems a bit hostile to “fans” of AI (including the original title). I ha…

[image] mbauman: There haven’t been infinity of these Actually it had a double meaning .

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rafael.guerra May 8, 2023, 5:47pm 13

Why does there seem to be a double standard in this case compared to: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, …, infinity?

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