Isn’t your comment more of a perspective on the public perception of AI, the missteps surrounding its implementation, and its current role - rather than an examination of the potential role (practically speaking) of generative AI in a more general AI model? As is the thrust of the post, generative AI will necessarily be part of a larger AI, in part to make up for its weaknesses, in part to utilize its strengths.
That said, generative AI isn’t nearly as endangered by generated training data as is commonly understood. Even if it were that bad, embodiment is rapidly changing the landscape. There are a ton of papers about how to use larger models to make smaller models more effective, using generative AI to improve generative AI along with efficiencies. Heck, novel efficiencies get developed almost as regularly as novel use cases. We’re always learning how to do more with less.
vk6flab@lemmy.radio 2 months ago
No.
I think that the current generative models are fundamentally flawed and won’t last the decade.
Which is why I don’t think that they’ll be thought of much at all beyond academic curiosity.
Hackworth@lemmy.world 2 months ago
I can’t imagine going back to before Adobe added Generative Fill to Photoshop. Gen AI will certainly remain more than an academic curiosity, at least until they can be replaced with something better.
vk6flab@lemmy.radio 2 months ago
For shits and giggles you should try to do a generative fill on an area already filled that way.
(After saving the work, quitting and relaunching the Photoshop.)
Hackworth@lemmy.world 2 months ago
Oh man, it saves me so much time - but it is like working with a bipolar intern. Sometimes it pulls off these amazing fills that would’ve taken me hours to do by hand. And sometimes it has a fit trying to fill in a cloudy sky, and I just do it the old fashioned way. I’m pretty systematic about testing tools in general, and gen fill resists all attempts at building a reliable workflow. Ya really gotta switch up tactics to react as ya go, which can be fun when it’s not irritating. Plus I find surreal hallucinations hilarious, so it makes up for some of its behavior issues with entertainment value.
MCasq_qsaCJ_234@lemmy.zip 2 months ago
AI has been around for a long time and has had moments of high interest and low interest. The latter has been given the term “AI Winter.” It is possible that there will be another winter if there is a limitation that cannot be avoided for several years.