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Jaron Lanier: there is no AI (2023)
"The godfather of VR thinks 'AI' is just a fancy way of saying 'collaborative filter'."
Explain Like I'm Normal
Jaron Lanier argues that the term 'Artificial Intelligence' is a misleading metaphor that obscures the human labor behind the data. Instead of thinking of models as autonomous entities, he suggests viewing them as a new way for humans to communicate and collaborate with one another's collective output.
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