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OpenAI is now valued at $157 billion (arstechnica.com)

submitted 1 month ago by some_guy@lemmy.sdf.org to c/technology@lemmy.world

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Built on unearned hype.

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[–] Madrigal@lemmy.world 69 points 1 month ago (42 children)

Those corporations are about to find out the fun way that these algorithms, in their current and near-future states, cannot replace human beings.

Well, except for maybe lazy copywriters who pump out pointless listicles and executives who do - whatever it is they do - but any non-trivial task requiring creativity and understanding is beyond these tools.

[–] FaceDeer@fedia.io 12 points 1 month ago (38 children)

Computers might be good at numbers and typesetting, but we'll always need human secretaries and phone operators to keep things running.
They might be able to beat a novice, but no computer will ever beat a human grandmaster at chess.
Okay, then they can't beat humans at Go or poker.
Any non-trivial task requiring creativity and understanding is beyond these tools. ← you are here
AI-run corporations will never be able to outcompete ones with ones with human boards and CEOs.
An AI scriptwriter could never win an Oscar.
I'm voting for the human candidate for president, I don't think the AI one is up to the task.

[–] Madrigal@lemmy.world 16 points 1 month ago (3 children)

Good one. Did you use an LLM to generate it?

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