[mwcampbell]

Compiler developers didn't hoover up as much human creative work as they could, legally or not, to evolve a giant inscrutable thing that does what it does probabilistically, with the explicit goal of replacing as much human labor as possible for the enrichment of the already rich. Whatever benefits we get out of generative AI are just a side effect, and one that may not last when the investors stop subsidizing our access to the big models.

[marcus_holmes]

As I said, I think we need to separate the business of AI, which is full of the usual bullshit, and the technology of AI, which is producing some useful tools.

The open source models are proving just as capable as the commercial ones. If Anthropic goes bust tomorrow (which seems likely) then we will still have those useful tools.

LLMs are not going to replace all our jobs. I know they've been claiming this, but anyone who actually uses the tools can see that this isn't true. This is part of the business bullshit. Hopefully it stops when the bubble pops and we get into the depressed phase of the Gartner Hype Cycle, and start building the actual businesses and tools that this tech can provide.