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Like, every AI generated thing I’ve seen, when viewed from the eyes of someone who actually knows what they’re doing, is at best below average. Maybe some things aren’t quite as bad as the general “AI slop”, but of the things I’m actually experienced in (code and art), I just see so many amateur mistakes in everything AI.

Regarding art, AI can make really visually appealing things, but it gets the details wrong. That’s something that a below average artist does. And regarding code, it’s the same thing. Overall, it has the appearance of decent code, but it gets the details wrong, just like a below average dev. (Probably about the level of a high school senior or college freshman.)

I’m not super experienced at writing, but I can also tell that it’s not very good at that. The stories it writes just aren’t compelling, but I’m not experienced enough to tell you why. And the same with music. It’s just below average, but I couldn’t tell you why.

I’m not trying to sound elitist by saying this, but I’ve noticed people who aren’t very good at these things tend to praise how good the AI is.

So, is it just me, or are the big fans of AI just below average at whatever the AI is doing?

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[–] StopTech@lemmy.today -2 points 3 days ago (2 children)

It's not going to stay this way for much longer. Technology progresses exponentially and in a decade or two at most AI will be able to outperform all humans in everything. The future is dark unless it's all unplugged.

[–] NocturnalMorning@lemmy.world 12 points 2 days ago (1 children)

This is absolutely not true. Technology progression being exponentially improving is a lie movies have taught you. There are real physical limits to what every technology can do. The current generation of AI hallucinates as a fundamental property of how they work. You're not going to get rid of that.

[–] StopTech@lemmy.today 0 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

I never heard that in movies actually. And we know there are limits according to laws of nature but that's beside the point. Here's a good explanation of how technological progress has been accelerating.

The current generation of AI hallucinates as a fundamental property

The key word there is "current"

[–] Amnesigenic@lemmy.ml 6 points 2 days ago (1 children)

You're thinking of Moore's Law which only applies/refers to processing power and is also not actually a law of any kind

[–] StopTech@lemmy.today 0 points 2 days ago (1 children)
[–] Amnesigenic@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Yes you absolutely are talking about Moore's Law, the article you linked here says so explicitly, if you'd bothered reading the goddamned thing you'd know that

[–] StopTech@lemmy.today 0 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Moore's law is one example but hardly the only one

[–] Amnesigenic@lemmy.ml 0 points 23 hours ago (1 children)
[–] StopTech@lemmy.today 0 points 21 hours ago (1 children)
[–] Amnesigenic@lemmy.ml -1 points 21 hours ago

I did, it's a bunch of bullshit that doesn't in any way substantiate the claims being presented.