However bizarre you think Silicon Valley's sudden obsession with AI, I assure you, its roots are way weirder than that, and so are the plans for an "AI-powered" future.
As a non-tech person I'm dubious of the promises of AI, and this article fleshes out the reasoning for this well. I've tried using some AI in my work as a pharmacist, and it's been a mixed bag. Perplexity performs reasonably well, and provides references for the answers it generates making it less of a black box than some others.
I definitely see the potential of AI as an assistant to highly skilled workers, and the curation of the data used to train these AIs is going to be a vital piece of the puzzle.
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As a non-tech person I'm dubious of the promises of AI, and this article fleshes out the reasoning for this well. I've tried using some AI in my work as a pharmacist, and it's been a mixed bag. Perplexity performs reasonably well, and provides references for the answers it generates making it less of a black box than some others.
I definitely see the potential of AI as an assistant to highly skilled workers, and the curation of the data used to train these AIs is going to be a vital piece of the puzzle.