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User calls corporate LLMs a 'con' amid institutional AI push

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A user on Mastodon expressed skepticism about the current state of corporate Large Language Models (LLMs) and AI, calling them a "con" because they are not inevitable, not Artificial General Intelligence (AGI), and not universally necessary. The user noted that while these models do function and produce output, their perceived importance and inevitability are overstated. Despite this, the user mentioned that within their institution, there is significant interest in AI adoption due to perceived transformational potential and the availability of institutional support for such initiatives. AI

IMPACT Expresses a critical viewpoint on the current hype and perceived necessity of corporate AI models.

RANK_REASON User opinion piece on social media about AI models.

Read on Mastodon — sigmoid.social →

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User calls corporate LLMs a 'con' amid institutional AI push

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  1. Mastodon — sigmoid.social TIER_1 English(EN) · [email protected] ·

    # Academia I'm the corporate # LLM # AI models are the most successful con in my entire lifetime. It's not that they don't exist. They do. They spit things out

    # Academia I'm the corporate # LLM # AI models are the most successful con in my entire lifetime. It's not that they don't exist. They do. They spit things out if you talk to them. It's that they aren't inevitable, they aren't AGI, and everyone doesn't have to use them. We had a …

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