
Saved by Isabelle Levent
Why Artificial Intelligence Often Feels Like Magic
Saved by Isabelle Levent
When you look through the reams of slop across the internet, AI seems less like a terrifying apocalyptic machine-god, ready to drag us into a new era of tech, and more like the apotheosis of the smartphone age--the perfect internet marketer’s tool, precision-built to serve the disposable, lowest-common-denominator demands of the infinite scroll.
Such a thing is compelling not because it offers answers in the form of text, but because it makes it possible to play text—all the text, almost—like an instrument.
That outcome could be revelatory! But a huge obstacle stands in the way of achieving it: people, who don’t know what the hell to make of LLMs, ChatGPT, and all the other gene
... See moreIn the tech world, for now, AI’s brand could not be stronger: It’s associated with opportunity, potential, growth, and excitement. For everyone else, it’s becoming interchangeable with things that sort of suck.