Comment on Why making pretend people with AGI is a waste of energy

FaceDeer@fedia.io ⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

• KRAW@linux.community ⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Depends on how much energy it takes. If it takes more resources than it frees, then I’d say it is not worth it.

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  • FaceDeer@fedia.io ⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    I am quite sure it'll cost less than it would to hire a human for the job.

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    • KRAW@linux.community ⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      I’m talking about the energy and resources to actually create and provide this service.

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      • FaceDeer@fedia.io ⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        So am I.

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• SkyNTP@lemmy.ml ⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  knows me extremely well, is able to tirelessly work on my behalf, and has a personality tailored to my needs and interests.

  Those may still be ANI applications.

  Today’s LLM’s marketed as the future of AGI are more focused on knowing a little bit about everything. Including a little bit about how MRIs work and a summary of memes floating around a parody subreddit. I fail to see how LLM’s as they are trained today will know you extremely well and give you a personality tailored to your needs. I also think commercial interests of big tech are pitted against your desire for “tirelessly work[ing] on my behalf”.

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• ShittyBeatlesFCPres@lemmy.world ⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Like Farnsworth Bentley?

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• mojofrododojo@lemmy.world ⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  What I want is a personal assistant that knows me extremely well, is able to tirelessly work on my behalf, and has a personality tailored to my needs and interests.

  and you’re not concerned at all about this information being compromised and used against you?

  phew…

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  • FaceDeer@fedia.io ⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Of course I'm concerned about it. That's why I would take measures to ensure the information is well protected. I already run local LLMs and image generators for most of the stuff I use AI for, both to ensure that I have control over what sort of outputs they generate and to keep any inputs I run through them private. An AGI assistant like what I'm describing is something I would want to run on my own hardware too.

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    • mojofrododojo@lemmy.world ⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Do you really think you’ll be able to run a full fledged, real-feeling AGI on home hardware?

      Perhaps an assistant, maybe…

      but good on you for forethought.

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      • FaceDeer@fedia.io ⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        Yes, I do. Perhaps not the current generation of hardware, but the chip manufacturers are currently throwing hundreds of billions of dollars into designing the next generation of AI-specialized hardware so I expect the next generation to be very impressive. The software has also been getting more efficient, making better use of the hardware that already exists. I've been experimenting a lot with it.

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