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"The real benchmark is: the world growing at 10 percent," he added. "Suddenly productivity goes up and the economy is growing at a faster rate. When that happens, we'll be fine as an industry."

Needless to say, we haven't seen anything like that yet. OpenAI's top AI agent — the tech that people like OpenAI CEO Sam Altman say is poised to upend the economy — still moves at a snail's pace and requires constant supervision.

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[–] Mrkawfee@lemmy.world 12 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago) (1 children)

Is he saying it's just LLMs that are generating no value?

I wish reporters could be more specific with their terminology. They just add to the confusion.

Edit: he's talking about generative AI, of which LLMs are a subset.

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[–] sexy_peach@feddit.org 3 points 3 days ago
[–] Jumpingspiderman@lemmy.world 6 points 4 days ago (2 children)

AI is burning a shit ton of energy and researchers’ time though!

[–] balder1991@lemmy.world 2 points 3 days ago (1 children)

That’s not the worst. It is burning billions for the companies with no signs of them ever becoming close to profitable.

[–] Jumpingspiderman@lemmy.world 2 points 3 days ago (1 children)

You say this like it’s a bad thing?

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[–] RizzRustbolt@lemmy.world 3 points 3 days ago

Joseph Weizenbaum: "No shit? For realsies?"

[–] straightjorkin@lemmy.world 3 points 3 days ago

Makes sense that the company that just announced their qbit advancement would be disparaging the only "advanced" thing other companies have shown in the last 5 years.

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