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Early this week, I wrote about how even if AI resulted in a massive boost in worker productivity, I would fight against it with every fiber of my being.
But the thing is, most AI tools are actually shit.
They do the things existing tech already did, but worse and at a higher cost (human, economic, and environmental).
Tools like OpenAI, ChatGPT, and Meta AI rely heavily on humans who work in horrific conditions in less regulated parts of the world.
Your AI tool doesn’t know shit. It’s a glorified autocomplete that only works because there’s exploited people propping it up.
Amazon’s “Just Walk Out” stores, where you walk in, grab what you want, and leave without checking out because AI tracks it for you and automatically deducts your account? Yea, that wasn’t AI. That was exploited people in India.
Because again, your AI tool doesn’t know shit. It’s smoke and mirrors propped up by exploited people.
“But Chris!” you exclaim, “I’ve used these tools. They let me code faster!”
Earlier this year, a study found that these tools are actually wrong (particularly about coding questions) more than they’re right. And over a third of the time, programmers don’t even catch it.
“Our analysis shows that 52% of ChatGPT answers contain incorrect information and 77% are verbose,” the new study explained. “Nonetheless, our user study participants still preferred ChatGPT answers 35% of the time due to their comprehensiveness and well-articulated language style.”
Disturbingly, programmers in the study didn’t always catch the mistakes being produced by the AI chatbot.
“However, they also overlooked the misinformation in the ChatGPT answers 39% of the time,” according to the study. “This implies the need to counter misinformation in ChatGPT answers to programming questions and raise awareness of the risks associated with seemingly correct answers.”
And a study by Apple found that AI can’t even do basic math.
It’s not calculating anything. It’s just guessing.
Because again, AI is shit. It’s just glorified autocomplete propped up by exploitation.
This content originally appeared on Go Make Things and was authored by Go Make Things
Go Make Things | Sciencx (2024-10-16T14:30:00+00:00) AI is exploitation. Retrieved from https://www.scien.cx/2024/10/16/ai-is-exploitation/
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