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this took me all day, but it's a banger if i do say so myself - watch the video first

video version

podcast probably tomorrow

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[–] HedyL@awful.systems 2 points 1 hour ago

Even the idea of having to use credits to (maybe?) fix some of these errors seems insulting to me. If something like this had been created by a human, the customer would be eligible for a refund.

Yet, under Aron Peterson's LinkedIn posts about these video clips, you can find the usual comments about him being "a Luddite", being "in denial" etc.

[–] diz@awful.systems 6 points 11 hours ago

Having worked in computer graphics myself, it is spot on that this shit is uncontrollable.

I think the reason is fundamental - if you could control it more you would put it too far from any of the training samples.

That being said video enhancements along the lines of applying this as a filter to 3d rendered CGI or another video, that could (to some extent) work. I think the perception of realism will fade as it gets more familiar - it is pretty bad at lighting, but in a new way.

[–] BlueMonday1984@awful.systems 7 points 11 hours ago (2 children)

The whole history of “artificial intelligence” since 1955 is making impressive demos that you can’t use for real work. Then they cut your funding off and it’s AI Winter again.

I've found myself wondering if I was being overly harsh in calling artificial intelligence a pseudoscience. Clearly, I was not.

[–] Architeuthis@awful.systems 5 points 3 hours ago

AI is the product, not the science.

Having said that:

  • Alignment research: pseudoscience
  • AGI timelines: pseudoscience
  • Prompt engineering: pseudoscience
  • Problem solving benchmarks: almost certainly pseudoscience
  • Hyperscaling: borderline, one could be generous and call it a failed experiment
  • Neural network training and design fundamentals: that's applied maths meets trial and error, no pseudo about it

Any thing interesting I'm forgetting?

[–] dgerard@awful.systems 4 points 10 hours ago (1 children)

even McCarthy was open that it was a marketing term

[–] o7___o7@awful.systems 4 points 10 hours ago* (last edited 10 hours ago)

Small domino: being passive aggressive at a guy named Norbert

Big domino: resurgent fascism and widespread economic collapse in the 21st century