I am not an NYT hater. I very much appreciate much of what they do, even when I disagree.
But, I think today's edition of The Daily, titled "AI's Original Sin" was very problematic. Over 50% of the way into the show, their coverage was very biased in favor of arguments that they are suing OpenAI for - without disclosing or mentioning their lawsuit.
In the second half of the show, they mentioned their lawsuit and brought a bit of balance to the story, but not much.
Another podcast by the NYT, Hard Fork, covered the same story a few days ago with full disclosure at the start of the story and a more balanced, thoughtful, and funny approach.
About a year ago, I shared a photo of a playground with an old tank in it. Some folks commented on this. It's fairly common in this part of the country, in rural areas.
I was trying to find the "cancel" option for my Peacock subscription and getting quite frustrated. It seemed that they did such a good job hiding the account settings.
After several attempts, I was ready to come to social media and vent this frustration, when I suddenly stumbled across it in a pretty logical and obvious location.
Sometimes, users like me just overlook the obvious.
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You just couldn't have make this up 10 years ago and had it sound believable.
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I find it interesting that folks can be both extremely concerned about the inaccuracies of AI tools and totally comfortable making up fictional or hyperbolic arguments about AI and post them on Social Media.
I understand that there are lots of legitimate concerns and criticisms of AI and AI industry. But, I am disillusioned at much of the nonsense that is posted here.
@stpaultim I'm trying to avoid a larger discussion here, but...
Before we could talk about the usefulness of AI to gather information, we'd have to clearly define "information".
LLM is indeed a fascinating concept and has, for sure, its valid use-cases. But with all the current hype and weird misconceptions, it's almost impossible to discuss actual use-cases without slipping into a weird flame war.
Let's talk about it again, as soon as the buzzword AI vanishes from the bullshit bingo cards. 😆
I agree with everything you just said. I am not really looking for a conversation on this topic as much as venting about some of the nonsense I read everyday on this topic.
You are correct that this phenomenon extends to most other topics on social media. But, an AI post was what triggered me yesterday and venting seems like the popular thing to do here.
Sometimes I indulge the urge to join in and vent in my own way. Thanks for being kind in your response! 😄
@stpaultim in case you ever wonder if anyone would notice if you stopped posting your drone photos, I would. I don't always comment, boost or favorite, but I appreciate every post. Many of them make me miss growing up in MN. Not every post can be exciting as the "drone in a tree" series or "f#ck Biden on a lake", but I enjoy them all. Someday I will get into "droning" with my kids. At 7 and 10, I worry that every post would be a "drone in tree" saga.