Open post d3reo @D3Reo@sigmoid.social · 5mo ago Replying to @zanzi@mathstodon.xyz <p>Where are the nuanced left-wing takes on modern AI and LLMs?</p><p>So much of the discourse around this tech is centered on rejecting it because of who currently owns it. But like all tech, it can be used for both oppression and liberation.</p><p>Who is focusing on the latter?</p> @zanzi just came across this video which is somewhat related, it's kind of long so I watched it at 2x, but personally I found it worth its while https://youtu.be/y85nqc2zm7M?is=Aqb_Jg8J83yuTnK- How to (Anti) AI Better
Open post d3reo @D3Reo@sigmoid.social · 6mo ago Replying to @zanzi@mathstodon.xyz @hongminhee @jnkrtech You mention the idea that new crafts will replace the old, and I'm going to claim that new ways of *crafting code* will replace the old. We've climbed the rung of abstraction in languages, going from assembly to C to C++ to Python and to JS. LLMs are *not* a new rung on this ladder, because they replace how we *interact* with these languages, not the languages themselves. Instead, they reveal a need for new, even higher level languages, that will make JS and Python look like C in comparison. This way, an LLM could write a compiler not in a 100k LOC, but in 20k, or 10k, or however little is needed for a human to comfortably take over and oversee the maintenance of the project. I think *that* is going to be the future of software development in an LLM world, not a complete abdication of writing code to the models. @zanzi @hongminhee @jnkrtech nice!
Open post d3reo @D3Reo@sigmoid.social · 6mo ago Replying to @D3Reo@sigmoid.social @zanzi i might be wrong but I believe that the main reason why such takes don't take much place in the mainstream discussions is that many people in that camp, or adjacent to that camp, are riding the hell out of the horse of the argument that this technology, at the stage it currently is, is not that good yet and cannot be relied on to actually do stuff. At least, that's what I could make out of it. It does seem a bit ungenerous and biased. This and also the argument about water voracity. @zanzi that said, I don't know anyone who fits your description, so I'll follow this thread with great interest! :)
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