It’s creepy to tell people they’ll lose their jobs if they don’t use AI. It’s weird to assume AI critics hate progress and are resisting some inevitable future. Luckily, most of my private conversations about AI with industry friends are neither weird nor creepy. Anil said it best: the majority of people who work with and in technology hold a moderate view of AI, as any other normal technology with valid use cases and real problems that need to be fixed.
That’s where I land. Generative AI and LLMs shouldn’t be as over-hyped as they are, forced on users, trained on content without creators’ consent, or used for high-stakes tasks where hallucinations and poor design can put people’s lives and work in danger. Generative AI output both feels magical and futuristic and gives people in photos three hands with seven fingers. It’s remarkable and so very bad at the same time.
— Read on notetoself.studio/post/measured-ai/