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Cory Doctorow: The people who tell you ‘AI is changing everything’ are lying
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GIGO (garbage in, garbage out), likely coined in the late 1950's is just as relevant today.
You need to know how and understand to operate a handsaw to use a bandsaw or a mill. You need to understand variables, loops, strings before writing an "app" (and then you need to understand user models, security models, databases, UI / UX).
You can't "trust" AI / LLMs without first giving it fresh and relevant content -or it will make information up. You need to give it the important information for it to synthesize correctly -and that relevant info needs to be in the current context. You can't just ask a question and expect it to "do the research". You need domain expertise to be able to validate the response.
AI is just a tool to make it easier to use your existing tools.
it's a gloried spell checker, basically.
and yeah, it's a really good spell checker.
Except it's being sold as the second coming of Jesus Christ that will suck your genitals while doing the jobs of ten of your subordinates at a fraction of the cost.
Given that the spending phase of the bubble is still in full swing, the only possible outcome of this absolute shitshower is a serious economic crash that will eventually flatline entire countries because of just how wide and how deep the pool of "investors" (read: over-leveraged, entitled gamblers playing with other people's money) ultimately is.