GrapheneOS is currently defending its use of AI coding tools on Mastodon against complaints by various accounts claiming to be users.

We do not understand where you’re coming from or why you’re so incredibly angry with us. It’s not justified and does not make sense.

  • Encrypt-Keeper@lemmy.world
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    28 days ago

    AI is a new technology that is not going anywhere.

    I always wonder where this sentiment comes from. Whether or not AI is going anywhere is still very much up in the air

    • raspberriesareyummy@lemmy.world
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      28 days ago

      I always wonder where this sentiment comes from. Whether or not AI is going anywhere is still very much up in the air

      It exclusively comes from either snake oil vendors or people who are less smart than they think they are. Where the former are typically part of the latter group.

    • General_Effort@lemmy.worldOP
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      28 days ago

      At the very least, you’d have to convince both the US and China to stomp it out. And then there are other countries that would be willing to pick up the slack.

      • Encrypt-Keeper@lemmy.world
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        28 days ago

        AI is not something self sustaining enough to necessarily require stomping out, at least that we know of at this point. Right now AI’s future relies on its operators continuing to convince people of a theoretical future scenario.

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      28 days ago

      It’s not going anywhere because it’s already been here for a very long time, you just didn’t know about it

      What people call “AI” is just Machine Learning.

      Chatbots, OCR, Text-to-Speech, Speech-to-Text, Computer Vision, Web Search, Spam filtering or Fraud detection, Personalized ADs, even your phone’s camera processing algorithm.

      It’s all Machine Learning, but now under new and fancy “AI” name. And it’s been here for decades.

      The reason it blew up this much only now is because people realized that the more data you feed into it, the better the output becomes. And so they started exploring it more, to the extent of causing valid ethical concerns.

      • raspberriesareyummy@lemmy.world
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        28 days ago

        the more data you feed into it, the better the output becomes.

        And that’s bullshit. The slop machines have already peaked. More input will not improve the results.

        • Mistic@lemmy.world
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          27 days ago

          Not compared to models from 00s or 10s…

          What’s with the reading comprehension, people? I was talking about pre-AI boom vs. now, not now vs. 1-2 years ago, c’mon.

          • raspberriesareyummy@lemmy.world
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            27 days ago

            LLMs use a new way of data processing (focused on language rules) which is what brought the boost. Not more training data. More training data is needed for an LLM to reach “maturity” but it also increases cost due to resource usage. And current LLMs have already absorbed basically all of the internet and most books, and since the internet is now full of slop, more unpoisoned training data does not exist. That’s why more does not help anymore.

      • Encrypt-Keeper@lemmy.world
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        28 days ago

        Machine learning isn’t going anywhere. But it’s clear from the context here what we’re referring to when we say AI in this conversation.

        • raspberriesareyummy@lemmy.world
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          28 days ago

          Machine learning isn’t going anywhere.

          As someone who despises the current slop hype with a passion, you’re correct on this. But only when you exclude LLMs. Because they are garbage with a net negative for mankind. Machine learning as a field however has very useful applications. Typically such that complement human assessment of data, e.g. re-viewing radiology images to flag potentially anomalous images for a second doctor to look at - not in place of the first doctor.

          • Mistic@lemmy.world
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            27 days ago

            Finally, someone gets it!

            Instead of going away, the AI will transform. It’s sort of in a bubble state rn. Once it pops, the fields where it’s useful will keep on using it, whilst those applications that have no real grounds for existing will either have their plugs pulled or resources cut.

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          27 days ago

          Apparently, not to me. Explain.

          Edit: Downvoting a person for asking clarification? Shame on you lot.