Grumbles about generative AI’s shortcomings are coalescing into a “trough of disillusionment” after a year and a half of hype about ChatGPT and other bots.
Why it matters: AI is still changing the world — but improving and integrating the technology is raising harder and more complex questions than first envisioned, and no chatbot has the magic answers.
Driving the news: The hurdles are everything from embarrassing errors, such as extra fingers or Black founding fathers in generated images, to significant concerns about intellectual property infringement, cost, environmental impact and other issues.

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    9 months ago

    I suppose I can grant papal indulgence

    Heh love your wording there. I actually started that train of thought with various “relics” like the vial of Christ’s blood, statues weeping tears etc some of which were eventually debunked iirc.

    Ponzi schemes are quite possibly as old as granaries (or the pyramids), but I think a better contender for scope is something like the Mississipi Bubble which was absolute madness…

    Kbin really is a work in progress. I’m sticking with it, but I have backup accounts for the times when it’s too buggy.