Crack?

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Summary

The article critiques the overhyping of AI by tech companies, pointing out marketing tactics that exaggerate AI's capabilities while acknowledging its practical uses in areas like bug hunting and personal tasks.

It’s fascinating to see that, as is often the case, though perhaps not to the same extent today, tech players are “selling” us on the revolution, which in this case is AI… They’ve had a hard time admitting that this AI is really just a conversational chatbot, with a few exceptions like Y. Lecun. But they’re good at it, I have to admit, their marketing makes us believe in it, we’ve believed in it, and we want to believe in it. Still, for example, how can we accept being told that if the result isn’t what we expected, it’s because our prompts are bad? Worse yet, theYouTube channels, the LinkedIn posts with “answer this and I’ll give you my document… miracle.” I work in strategy, in-house after an external firm (i.e., a Tier 1 strategy consulting firm), and I’ve seen my fair share of nonsense, like how SAP S/4 Hana delivers “quantifiable added value…” But this takes the cake,I have to tip my hat to them! Well, of course there are things that work, like bug hunting, for example. I use it for my personal administrative tasks; it’s a huge time-saver. When will the crack come that we’ll all have to pay for?
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