Much the same was said about the printing press, common people with the power to publish and distribute ideas would be the end of civilisation. It wasn’t, humanity has always lived fast and loose with its power for invention outstripping its ability to manage it. Comes from the selective pressures on us, find a way to survive now and worry about the long term effects later. Of course it will probably catch up with us one day.
The printing press was a tremendously disruptive technology. I’d say it supports what I’m saying, not the other way around. It has the benefit of several hundred years of unconnected people.
I’ll add: it’s disingenuous to think that generative AI and the printing press do the same things. The latter enhanced the spread of information. The former enhances the spread of misinformation. Such is the nature of LLMs.
The printing press enhanced the spread of misinformation, as did video, and the internet after it. Hello propaganda!
LLMs don’t allow for the spread of information like the printing press, video, and the internet because they just vomit stuff out and are completely unreliable because they are wrong even when it isn’t intentional.
Much the same was said about the printing press, common people with the power to publish and distribute ideas would be the end of civilisation. It wasn’t, humanity has always lived fast and loose with its power for invention outstripping its ability to manage it. Comes from the selective pressures on us, find a way to survive now and worry about the long term effects later. Of course it will probably catch up with us one day.
The printing press was a tremendously disruptive technology. I’d say it supports what I’m saying, not the other way around. It has the benefit of several hundred years of unconnected people.
I’ll add: it’s disingenuous to think that generative AI and the printing press do the same things. The latter enhanced the spread of information. The former enhances the spread of misinformation. Such is the nature of LLMs.
The printing press enhanced the spread of misinformation, as did video, and the internet after it. Hello propaganda!
LLMs don’t allow for the spread of information like the printing press, video, and the internet because they just vomit stuff out and are completely unreliable because they are wrong even when it isn’t intentional.