When has an arms race ever gone well against people making money off that arms race? I think spam is a fact of life going forward unless we go back to the pre-industrial age.
It’s all fun and games when we’re spamming Model Ts off an assembly line, not so much when the marginal cost drops to zero. We just have to make sure that the benefits outweigh the spam.
I agree, the specific applications of AI are what truly show its transformative power. For instance, I came across IntervueIQ (https://chat.openai.com/g/g-94nPIWIgi-intervueiq), a GPT designed for recruitment. It's fascinating to see how such specialized AI tools are targeting niche problems and streamlining processes. It's a small, yet potent example of AI's practical impact.
It’s all fun and games when we’re spamming Model Ts off an assembly line, not so much when the marginal cost drops to zero. We just have to make sure that the benefits outweigh the spam.