Yep. the AI backlash has begun. That’s what you get when you wildly overpromise what a wildly immature technology can do.
Yep. the AI backlash has begun. That’s what you get when you wildly overpromise what a wildly immature technology can do.
@GaryMarcus Yea, but “backlash” is the wrong word. It suggests an irrational moral-panic. A more accurate term would be the “reckoning.” The need to address the delta between promises & reality. An unraveling of the myth of progress & tech determinism.
@GaryMarcus that’s not the AI backlash… that’s the anti-AI backlash the AI backlash is still cooking 🔥
@GaryMarcus Very few companies will actually see benefits of it. 1) takes a lot of work to set up / expertise to use it properly 2) most have little/bad data so not much can be done 3) startups need to consult / build custom for every stack/process which doesn’t scale
@GaryMarcus Very few companies will actually see benefits of it. 1) takes a lot of work to set up / expertise to use it properly 2) most have little/bad data so not much can be done 3) startups need to consult / build custom for every stack/process which doesn’t scale
@GaryMarcus Amara’s law will hold in the end… new technologies are overestimated in the short term and underestimated in the long.
@GaryMarcus Verizon’s customer support call center was using a chatbot to try to get my TV running. It was worthless.
@GaryMarcus Have you called Comcast recently? Anything is better than what they currently have.
@GaryMarcus Bad news for the shareholders who will not earn as much, great news for many people who get to keep their income source, security, dignity and in some cases senes of identity, as well as other things a job can give a person.