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Tech CEOs want us to believe that generative AI will benefit humanity. They are kidding themselves

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[–] ABoxOfNeurons@lemmy.one 8 points 1 year ago (8 children)

I don't know exactly where to start here, because anyone who claims to know the shape of the next decade is kidding themself.

Broadly:

AI will decocratize creation. If technology continues on the same pace that it has for the last few years, we will soon start to see movies and TV with hollywood-style production values being made by individual people and small teams. The same will go for video games. It's certainly disruptive, but I seriously doubt we will want to go back once it happens. To use the article's examples, most people prefer a world with street view and Uber to one without them.

The same goes for engineering.

[–] HeartyBeast@kbin.social 2 points 1 year ago (3 children)

The same goes for engineering.

I can't wit to drive over a bridge where the contruction parameters and load limits were creatively autocompleted by a generative AI

[–] ABoxOfNeurons@lemmy.one 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Generative design is already a mature technology. NASA already uses it for spaceship parts. It'll probably be used for bridges when large-format 3D printers that can manage the complexity it introduces.

[–] rustyspoon@beehaw.org 2 points 1 year ago

It's still just a tool for engineers though. Half of the job is determining what the design requirements are, another quarter is figuring out what general scheme (i.e. water vs air cooling) works best to meet those requirements. Things like this are great, but all they really do is effectively connect point A to point B in order to free up some man-hours for more high-level work.

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