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I can least kinda appreciate this guy’s approach. If we assume that AI is a magic bullet, then it’s not crazy to assume we, the existing programmers, would resist it just to save our own jobs. Or we’d complain because it doesn’t do things our way, but we’re the old way and this is the new way. So maybe we’re just being whiny and can be ignored.

So he tested it to see for himself, and what he found was that he agreed with us, that it’s not worth it.

Ignoring experts is annoying, but doing some of your own science and getting first-hand experience isn’t always a bad idea.

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5too@lemmy.world ⁨6⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago
And not only did he see for himself, he wrote up and published his results.

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- Knock_Knock_Lemmy_In@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago
  Yup. This was almost science. It’s just lacking measurements and repeatablity.
  
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bassomitron@lemmy.world ⁨6⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago
100% this. The guy was literally a consultant and a developer. It’d just be bad business for him to outright dismiss AI without having actual hands on experience with said product. Clients want that type of experience and knowledge when paying a business to give them advice and develop a product for them.

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- raspberriesareyummy@lemmy.world ⁨6⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago
  Except that outright dismissing snake oil would not at all be bad business. Calling a turd a diamond neither makes it sparkle, nor does it get rid of the stink.
  
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  - fruitycoder@sh.itjust.works ⁨5⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago
    I can’t just call everything snake oil without some actual measurements and tests.
    
    Naive cynicism is just as naive as blind optimism
    
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    raspberriesareyummy@lemmy.world ⁨5⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago
    
    I can’t just call everything snake oil without some actual measurements and tests.
    
    With all due respect, you have not understood the basic mechanic of machine learning and the consequences thereof.
    
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raspberriesareyummy@lemmy.world ⁨6⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago
Problem is that statistical word prediction has fuck-all to do with AI. It’s not and will never be. By “giving it a try” you contribute to the spread of this snake oil. And even if someone came up with actual AI, if it used enough resources to impact our ecosystem, instead of being a net positive, and if it was in the greedy hands of billionaires, then using it is equivalent to selling your executioner an axe.

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- jve@lemmy.world ⁨5⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago
  Terrible take. Thanks for playing.
  
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