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Sam Altman Says Gen Z Are Lame for Not Worshipping AI: "They always want to go do the thing that was cool five years ago." (futurism.com)
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[–] mcv@lemmy.zip 53 points 15 hours ago (3 children)

AI was cool 5 years ago. It's not anymore.

[–] moonshadow@sh.itjust.works 5 points 7 hours ago

I last thought it was cool in... checks notes 2016, when an innocent project to differentiate the content and style of images got turned into a big social media face alteration filter data harvesting thing. Feel kinda guilty about accidentally contributing in whatever small way that was at this point

[–] snooggums@piefed.world 11 points 10 hours ago (1 children)

It was never cool. At best it was a clever parlor trick.

[–] mad_lentil@lemmy.ca 8 points 9 hours ago (1 children)

I thought it was neat at first too, but yeah, have definitely lost interest. I'm surprised when I see people at work actually using it like on purpose.

[–] PattyMcB@lemmy.world 4 points 8 hours ago (1 children)

Hell... I recall going to a developer conference and seeing image recognition powered by machine learning a good 10 years ago.

[–] mad_lentil@lemmy.ca 1 points 5 hours ago

Yeah, I remember the ML hype was SO hot back then. I got into it a little late, but I remember the fintech company I worked at making this ML powered "credit card approval checker" to see how likely you would be to get approved for a CC without doing a credit check.

Anyway, it probably worked fine. Actually legit ML actually works a lot better for that sort of thing than today's LLMs, but I'd bet it's "ai powered" now.

[–] stoy@lemmy.zip 19 points 15 hours ago* (last edited 15 hours ago) (2 children)

Was it?

Hummmm....

Yeah, I guess it was cool for a few months, then it quickly stopped being cool....

[–] Martineski@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 points 8 hours ago

It was cool before it hit mainstream. If you never knew or followed the space before that then it may seem like it always sucked.

[–] compostgoblin@piefed.blahaj.zone 6 points 11 hours ago* (last edited 11 hours ago)

It was cool just long enough for the novelty to wear off and the facts of how it was developed, how environmentally destructive it is, and what it will be used for to come out