Somehow the standards we have for every other kind of automation go out the window for AI.
If it turned out an LLM embezzled funds and spent them at an internet casino, we would have folks in the comments explaining that what really matters is the embezzlement rate compared to humans doing the same job.
> the standards we have for every other kind of automation go out the window for AI
I think this sums up what I find most frustrating about all of this from the executive level. It feels like everything that was important just a few years ago is now considered unnecessary baggage, that is merely there to slow everything down. What would've got you sacked is now applauded at times, and this is only really a year or two into it proper.
> Somehow the standards we have for every other kind of automation go out the window for AI.
I dunno, for every new hype automation, the machine is given a lot more leeway then people. At least by some on HN. I remember FSD discussion years ago where FSD was already supposedly better then people and all its problems explained away.
The cargo cult around AI on this website is making me second guess a career choice that has always been obvious to me.
In addition to not enjoying my work as much as what I used to because it's become babysitting an superpowered AI toddler, I now have to deal with this kind of opinion online.
> it's become babysitting an superpowered AI toddler
That's hopefully temporary: you are dealing with provisional architectures - as is obvious by their lackings (transparency; reflection; evolution; one shot learning...).
The very fact that you use the term 'AI' for LLMs when some of us would not ("NNs are used in AI" does not mean that all NNs would be AI), or would be wary of that use signifies a problem that is being tackled and will be worked on until the next stage.
The meta-economy losing touch with reality is a symptom of late stage capitalism. It used to matter whether a technology could solve a problem, then it started to also matter whether this fact could be explained to savvy investors, and now it only matters whether it can be explained to stupid investors because they are the ones with the money. You used to have to sell a product people wanted to get their money, but now customers don't have any money because it's all with billionaires so those are the only people you have to please.
Except a couple of messages, most of the comments questioning our standards of AI integration have been downvoted into oblivion.
Even questioning is starting to feel like a crime here.
If it turned out an LLM embezzled funds and spent them at an internet casino, we would have folks in the comments explaining that what really matters is the embezzlement rate compared to humans doing the same job.