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🧠AI

Pros

I'm enjoying playing with LLMs these days. Here are some ways it has improved my life:

  • The random quotes at the bottom of this (and all other) pages is generated by a simple bit of javascript that chatgpt helped create. It knew how to integrate this into mkdocs, and generated a bunch of quotes too :)

  • Planning my hobbies: roadmap for how to enjoy chess more, how to draw better and so on.

Cons

As someone who has a lot of respect for the Free Software community and who also enjoys drawing, it pains me to see how LLMs have scraped and stolen terabytes of content in order to train themselves. The hypocrisy of these companies is apalling.

Here are some thoughtful links that go deeper:

  • Chomsky on AI - His stance is very clear, as a scientist it does not have any value for him as it does not model the human brain in any way. And he does not care about the engineering aspects.

  • The Hater's Guide to the AI Bubble - Ed Zitron really hates how AI is being hyped and he raises some fair points on the economic unsustainability of it all. I'm not an expert here but I suppose time will tell if he is right.