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read the article; it's not about reasonable criticism but about end of the world AI doomerism. maybe the more relevant critics are the ones who think LLMs are a dead end, not the ones pissing their pants over the robot uprising.
but it's better for the stock price to just pretend gary marcus et al don't exist.
If an over the top, "AI will destroy us all" campaign is what's needed to get people's eyes on publications and other materials that illustrate its shortcomings and how absolutely unneeded it is in most of its current applications, I will gladly suffer through the histrionics.
it's trading one fantasy world for another
Not how I see it.
One is living in a fantasy world where you believe a product that's good at very specific applications will be the end-all, be-all of technological advancements that will allow corporations to divest themselves of reliance on human work.
The other is using alarmist language to draw attention to the fact that corporations are in the process of cutting out humanity from the fruits of their labor and ability to survive.
Sorry, but in the case of an existential threat to a large portion of humanity, pointing the finger and screaming "Abomination!" is a perfectly acceptable response to me.
what are you apologizing for?
........because I was raised to be polite when having a cordial disagreement with someone?