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I tried using AI. It scared me.

Tom Scott

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AI and machine learningTransformers and LLMsAI safety and impact

Tom Scott shares his experience using ChatGPT to write a script for his email and discusses the unpredictable trajectory of AI development.

I just wanted to fix my email. ■ AD: 👨‍💻 NordVPN's best deal is here: nordvpn.com/tomscott - with a 30-day money-back guarantee. ■ Code and full conversation: tomscott.com/fix-gmail-labels-threads/ Script assistant: Laura Conlon No AI assistance was used, except where noted. ALTERNATE TITLES: Crypto and the metaverse aren't the future. AI is. I just wanted to fix my email. I tried ChatGPT and had a minor existential crisis Everything is about to change ChatGPT is Napster, 24 years later. ChatGPT is 2023's Napster. CHAPTERS Intro I just wanted to fix my email Gmail's label system sucks Wait, I can fix this with code It can't be that good, right? Everything is going to change 🟥 MORE FROM TOM: tomscott.com/ (you can find contact details and social links there too) ❓ LATERAL, free weekly podcast: lateralcast.com/ youtube.com/lateralcast/ 👥 THE TECHNICAL DIFFICULTIES: youtube.com/techdif (Yes, that was a "Weird Al" Yankovic reference.)

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4 people recommend this

What people say. Recommended for its thoughtful perspective on the adoption curve and societal impact of large language models.

neomon Hacker News • Recommends

On “The AI Bubble of 2023”

Tom Scotts video today re where we are on the AI's impact to society curve was interesting : link to this video I think he's probably right that we're very early on the adoption curve. (even though I always get downvote and call a dumbass when I mention it here, I still think progress in quantum computing (predictive) and AI go hand in hand towards AGI.)
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ortusduxon Hacker News • Recommends

On “Ask HN: Why is it taken for granted that LLM models will keep improving?”

I enjoyed Tom Scott's YT video monologue about this. To summarize, he postulates that most major innovations follow a sigmoid growth curve, wherein they ramp up, explode, and then level off. The question then becomes, where are we on this curve? He concludes that we will probably only know in hindsight. link to this video
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On “The Singularity Is Nigh!”

I tried using AI. It scared me. - Tom Scott link to this video I'm also gonna recommend Accelerando - link As an aside, I'd also recommend Glasshouse (also by Charles Stross) as an exploration into the human remnants post singularity (and war)... followed by Implied Spaces by Walter Jon Williams... > “I and my confederates,” Aristide said, “did our best to prevent that degree of autonomy among artificial intelligences. We made the decision to turn away from the Vingean Singularity before most people even knew what it was. But—” He made a gesture with his hands as if dropping a ball. “—I claim no more than the average share of wisdom. We could have made mistakes.” for a singularity averted approach of…
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On “Headstart accelerates software development by up to 100x with Claude”

> get an LLM that can write production code reliably it depends on what that user wanted the code to do, and how important it is. For example, an average, non-technical user could use this to generate a script to sort out their email, or a script for automation in MS Office VBA. Just because it's not perfect, doesn't mean it doesn't have a good use, and won't improve. Tom Scott's video0 makes a very good argument: we don't know where we are on the technology curve. 0: link to this video
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a_wild_dandanon Hacker News • Mentions

On “Sora: Creating video from text”

Tom Scott elaborated on this experience last year.1 We should form a support group to commiserate. 1 link to this video
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ortusduxon Hacker News • Mentions

On “Human coders are still better than LLMs”

> I think the big question everyone wants to skip right to and past this conversation is, will this continue to be true 2 years from now? I don’t know how to answer that question. I still think about Tom Scott's 'where are we on the AI curve' video from a few years back. link to this video
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