• Cryophilia@lemmy.world
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    2 months ago

    Most of the entire AI economy isn’t even research. It’s just grift. Slapping a label on ChatGPT and saying you’re an AI company. It’s hustlers trying to make a quick buck from easy venture capital money.

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      2 months ago

      You can probably say the same about all fields, even those that have formal protections and regulations. That doesn’t mean that there aren’t people that have PhD’s in the field and are trying to improve it for the better.

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        2 months ago

        Sure but typically that’s a small part of the field. With AI it’s a majority, that’s the difference.

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          2 months ago

          No, it is the majority in every field.

          Specialists are always in the minority, that is like part of their definition.

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      2 months ago

      Is it really a grift when you are selling possible value to an investor who would make money from possible value?

      As in, there is no lie, investors know it’s a gamble and are just looking for the gamble that everyone else bets on, not that it l would provide real value.