Soundtrack: Masters of Reality - High Noon Amsterdam
I have said almost everything in this piece in every one of these articles for months. I am not upset, but just stating an obvious truth. The current state of affairs effectively pushes against the boundaries of good sense, logic and reason,
And, fundamentally, this technology really isn’t that exciting.
I’m sorry, it isn’t. The *idea of a *“super smart friend that knows everything about me” is exciting, as is the idea of automating away drudgery — spreadsheets and documents, for example. Yet, generative AI doesn’t actually do these things. Putting aside any feelings I may have, it has not changed my life, a guy who loves using technology and is willing to put hours into finding solutions to automate or mitigate problems in his life.
I don’t know a single person — I have literally never met or spoken to one — that has meaningfully changed their workflow or life as a result of generative AI outside of being able to integrate it to speed up some processes in already-existing systems.
Yep. Pretty much everyone I know and whose opinion I respect said this at the outset. It’s like watching a virtual carnival of con men roll through town, feeding on everyone else, before moving on to the next town.
I mean, we all tried to tell the “leaders” and “decision makers” but. Money clouds judgement. And this was a LOT of money.
Yep. Pretty much everyone I know and whose opinion I respect said this at the outset. It’s like watching a virtual carnival of con men roll through town, feeding on everyone else, before moving on to the next town.
I mean, we all tried to tell the “leaders” and “decision makers” but. Money clouds judgement. And this was a LOT of money.