Episode 25: An LLM Says LLMs Can Do Your Job, January 22 2024
Mystery AI Hype Theater 300002/01/24 • 56 min
Is ChatGPT really going to take your job? Emily and Alex unpack two hype-tastic papers that make implausible claims about the number of workforce tasks LLMs might make cheaper, faster or easier. And why bad methodology may still trick companies into trying to replace human workers with mathy-math.
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References:
OpenAI: GPTs are GPTs
Goldman Sachs: The Potentially Large Effects of Artificial Intelligence on Economic Growth
FYI: Over the last 60 years, automation has totally eliminated just one US occupation.
Fresh AI Hell:
Microsoft adding a dedicated "AI" key to PC keyboards.
- Dr. Damien P Williams: "Yikes."
The AI-led enshittification at Duolingo
- Shot: https://twitter.com/Rahll/status/1744234385891594380
- Chaser: https://twitter.com/Maccadaynu/status/1744342930150560056
University of Washington Provost highlighting “AI”
“Using ChatGPT, My AI eBook Creation Pro helps you write an entire e-book with just three clicks -- no writing or technical experience required.”
"Can you add artificial intelligence to the hydraulics?"
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Music by Toby Menon.
Artwork by Naomi Pleasure-Park.
Production by Christie Taylor.
02/01/24 • 56 min
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Mystery AI Hype Theater 3000 - Episode 25: An LLM Says LLMs Can Do Your Job, January 22 2024
Transcript
Alex Hanna: Welcome everyone to Mystery AI Hype Theater 3000, where we seek catharsis in this age of AI hype. We find the worst of it, and pop it with the sharpest needles we can find.
Emily M. Bender: Along the way we learn to always read the footnotes, and each time we think we've reached peak AI hype, the summit of Bullshit Mountain, we discover there's worse to come.
I'm Emily M. Bender, Professor of Linguistics at the University of Washington.
Alex Hanna: And I'm Alex
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