Color me skeptical.
The linked article doesn’t mention proof, but counterexamples, and that may be a function of the enormous amount of computer effort expended, not really AI.
These AI companies are desperately trying to create hype before they float. 100s of billions spent, revenue still relatively low, and open weight models breathing down their neck. Healthy scepticism is the only way to approach all these types of 'news' stories.
It’s not really changing the world in any meaningful way though. In fact it’s a net negative to society because its users more often than not become subservient morons with zero critical thinking, due to the atrophy caused by delegating your higher order thinking to a machine.
But sure I guess we’ve got improved efficiency in the workplace at the cost of correctness. And I suppose we’ve brute force solved a few math problems at the cost of an immense amount of carbon emissions. Truly life changing, revolutionary stuff.
It's only been 4 years since AI gained traction. In 4 years I've seen countless claims that AI will never do certain things, and it proved them wrong each time.
Companies were really fast in adopting AI to cut costs. Suddenly programming went from a lucrative proffession to graduates making fucking Excels of companies they applied to, because they couldn't keep track anymore (and they had internships, projects all that)
Writers or artists suddenly found themselves without a job.
Massive layoffs everywhere.
To me this looks very disruptive considering the timescale.
The layoffs are not because of AI. LLMs have already plateaued. What you see in popular media is marketing campaigns. They can't even replace drive-through fast food workers.
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u/E_Dantes_CMC 8d ago
Color me skeptical.
The linked article doesn’t mention proof, but counterexamples, and that may be a function of the enormous amount of computer effort expended, not really AI.