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@mttaggart isn't generative AI also gambling?
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I don't want to remove responses, but for clarification, I am referring to recreational gambling such as casinos, sports betting, and prediction markets. An overbroad definition of "gambling" is pointless.
Fascinating to see how many folks thing these are identical.
I remember once being called a "lumper" in school—trying to make the case that many different categories were in fact indistinct, thereby rendering the discussions of differences moot. This is in contrast to "sorters," who prefer to highlight differences.
I can see how these two things look similar, but I also think it would be imprudent to regard all the tools of oppression without distinction.
Or perhaps y'all think one is a subclass of the other? Are LLMs just gambling? I find that a tad reductive, if I'm honest.
I guess I turned into a sorter with time.
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@ireneista I really don't know what I'd choose, but this is interesting to me because it seems to suggests you don't believe LLMs will collapse under their own weight, thus deserving your intervention.
@mttaggart @ireneista Even if, as seems to be the case, LLMs will collapse; removing Generative AI in general prevents a second attempt at this with a less disastrously unprofitable technological base from being tried again in the future, should an option for it be found.
It solves both the immediate LLM problem, but also permanently removes the option of having to deal with these attempts by fascists to remove the humans from creative work.
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Good on Carney for walking away.
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@ireneista I really don't know what I'd choose, but this is interesting to me because it seems to suggests you don't believe LLMs will collapse under their own weight, thus deserving your intervention.
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