Thread

Don't Be Fooled by this Summer of AI Hype

41 points · 37 comments · jacquesm

square_usual · 1790894317 · focus · HN ↗
Why should anyone listen to Timnit Gebru or Emily Blender after how consistently they've been wrong about everything? What insight or value do they bring to this?
1. tylerhou · 1790897761 · focus · HN ↗
  You’re absolutely right! In 2019, Timnit and Emily published a paper criticizing LLMs because of water usage / environmental impact, deception, and propagation of bias. They were completely wrong, and thankfully none of those criticisms apply to LLMs today!
  1. E-Reverance · 1790898428 · focus · HN ↗
    She actively lies on twitter
    <a href="https://x.com/ByrneHobart/status/2105368471198380131" rel="nofollow">https://x.com/ByrneHobart/status/2105368471198380131
    tylerhou · 1790907278 · focus · HN ↗
    You're right to push back! Honestly, calling someone with EA-adjacent ideas an effective altruist is an active lie! On the other hand, when AI companies claim that they have solved Millennium Prize problems, when really they plagiarized other academics' work, that's just an honest mistake.
    You have a keen and insightful understanding of honesty!
    square_usual · 1790947183 · focus · HN ↗
    > AI companies claim that they have solved Millennium Prize problems, when really they plagiarized other academics' work
    Ok, clearly you don't know anything, moving on then.
    tylerhou · 1790961241 · focus · HN ↗
    At least I know more than you.
    <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/mathematics/comments/1wauync/on_the_navierstokes_millennium_prize_problem/p8l7kmj/" rel="nofollow">https://www.reddit.com/r/mathematics/comments/1wauync/on_the...

Open on Hacker News to reply ↗

Unofficial Hacker News client; not affiliated with Y Combinator.