https://www.citationneeded.news/ai-isnt-useless

Abstract

As someone known for my criticism of the previous deeply flawed technology to become the subject of the tech world’s overinflated aspirations, I have had people express surprise when I’ve remarked that generative artificial intelligence tools can be useful. In fact, I was a little surprised myself. But there is a yawning gap between “AI tools can be handy for some things” and the kinds of stories AI companies are telling (and the media is uncritically reprinting). And when it comes to the massively harmful ways in which large language models (LLMs) are being developed and trained, the feeble argument that “well, they can sometimes be handy…” doesn’t offer much of a justification.

Source

White, M. (2024, April 17). AI isn’t useless. But is it worth it? Citation Needed. https://www.citationneeded.news/ai-isnt-useless/

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