Vorticity

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[–] Vorticity@lemmy.world 5 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

I have been on the internet since 1993 and have always been disappointed that a subscription/donation model didn't beat out an ad-driven model. I wonder if this is going to push us towards a subscription/donation model as things move behind paywalls tplo protect against bots.

I don't really want to pay subscription fees, but I am definitely tired of ads and being the product. I'd rather be sold a good product.

[–] Vorticity@lemmy.world 2 points 2 weeks ago

"One quarter at a time" is being generous I think. They think microsecond to microsecond a lot of the time because that's how you carve corners off of the market.

[–] Vorticity@lemmy.world 4 points 1 month ago (1 children)

As someone else who works in ML but as a user for research purposes, I agree that there is no technical distinction but we're talking about public communications here. You and I both know that AI and ML are the same thing. Most people do not. If I talked with my mom about AI she would assume I mean generative AI. She wouldn't understand the nuance in your comment.

In fact, even as a researcher who uses both simple ML techniques and generative AI, I tend to make the assumption that when someone mentions AI they mean generative AI.

Common language changes based on the common understanding of society. The fact that the technical terms mean something different from the common understanding in society means that we need to be even more careful with the terms that we use, especially with something as polarizing as generative AI.

[–] Vorticity@lemmy.world 4 points 1 month ago (3 children)

I wouldn't call that "doing a good job". If they were doing a good job, they would disambiguate Machine Learning from Generative AI. I don't know that they're doing this intentionally, but i would definitely appreciate that distinction being made.