SAN MATEO, CA—After spending the past three decades of his life being totally unable and unwilling to engage in any meaningful way with the world around him, James Parker, a local guy who sucks at being a person, told reporters Thursday that he saw huge potential in AI. “While it’s still in its early phase, artificial…
I completely agree, but the inverse is also true:
I hate how popular it’s become to depend on AI amongst people who know little to nothing about it.
Honestly the article is actually dissing the people, not the technology. It’s about a dude who has no other contributions to society just wanting to absorb in AI tech and rely on it for literally everything.
I’m an AI enthusiast, but I absolutely do not have the same perspective on it being used in that way. To me, they are picking on a subculture of incel/antisocial humans who want to use AI as a crutch, which doesn’t really make any sense, which is why they’re idiots.
That said I think you may be right about the strawman. I mean, I personally haven’t met anyone obsessed with AI like the onion dude is described. Could be a made up persona, but with the way tech companies are going I don’t think so.
The guy you’re responding to is the kind of person that gives AI a bad rep. They insult anyone who critiques it and are just so damn defensive. The whole calling people “Luddites” is particularly annoying, and I have no doubt he’s dropped that term.
For a lot of us, it just feels like crypto bros all over again. It’s borderline religious zealotry for some of these guys. They’re basically AI evangelists. The only difference is that AI is actually useful, so at least it has that going for it.