[SavageBeast]

It seems to me the author of this article is going to have a tough time in the coming brave new world. I do love the writing style and wit though and Im even inclined to agree. Still, AI-ALL-THE-THINGS is coming. Imagine a Siri/Alexa that actually DOES STUFF.

[jzb]

I seem to recall similar statements about EFTs, crypto, Web3, Metaverse, Second Life, and many others.

Some of this will probably shake out to be real long term but a lot less than people think right now.

[spookybones]

I suspect we all will have a tough time as I read about Duolingo layoffs while pivoting to AI, Amazon flooded with shitty AI books, autonomous drones, predictions of animators having three years left on the job market and so on. I can’t wait to unload on my AI therapist.

[ycombinete]

I try not to be negative online, but did enjoy the Something Awful-esque hyperbolic acidity.

[rsynnott]

> in the coming brave new world

I think you're making a lot of assumptions about how all this stuff works out, tbh. I'm kind of assuming it'll be like the last three AI bubbles (that time in the late 90s when voice was going to be your primary interface to Windows vNext, the self-driving car/CV hype early last decade, and the brief chatbot mania of 2016 that was killed off with extreme prejudice by Microsoft Tay); much sound and fury, but probably rather limited lasting effects once the dust settles.

Like, it seems rather unlikely to me that that main way people book holidays in a decade will be by talking to a machine and having it select hotels and 'cool SUVs' (trick question, no such thing) for them. If nothing else, it is unclear how this would be meaningfully different from just choosing the first hotel from Expedia/whatever matching the search filter.

[izzydata]

Actually doing stuff wrong is a whole lot worse than doing nothing at all. False positives for work that actually matters are not acceptable. In the world of move fast and break stuff style innovation like this device seems to be especially at this price point is bound to be disappointing.

For me to trust this it would need some kind of Lockheed Martin style engineering and 4 decades of development with mathematical proofs that it works and can't not work.

But in the end the device would cost $50,000 and be 35 years out of date.

[giantg2]

Is AI going to make the important decisions like who the person should vote for and actually cast that vote too? Seems like a risk when the next generation will grow up outsourcing most of their decisions to AI and then need to figure out how to make the important ones on a reduced experience base. Definitely need to be brave for what is likely to come.

[SavageBeast]

"Is AI going to make the important decisions like who the person should vote for and actually cast that vote too?" - Funny you mention that use case - I know for a fact that its being worked on right now (at least the "who to vote for" portion). The younger generation has allowed TikTok to talk them into seeing how many laundry pods they can eat ... so yeah things are going to get increasingly stupid most likely.

To your point: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Feeling_of_Power

[from-nibly]

I'm sorry but this has been going on since the very first time people were allowed to vote on something. AI is not making this new. The new generation is not the _one_ being influenced (it's everyone).

Everyone everywhere is being fed nonsense from all sides (I mean metaphorically not politically), all the time. AI is making it cheaper, but it's not making it more possible.