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points by datadrivenangel 15 hours ago | 0 comments

Making a custom household object requires time, effort, and expense. Especially if you want it to be nice.

A lot of DIY AI software is going to be the equivalent of home built workshop / shed furniture: it works fine, but it is janky and built from whatever they had at the hardware store. There will be a place for professional assemblers and designers and engineers at the furniture store / factories.

[–] majorchord 15 hours ago

Is there a reason you seem to believe this "jank" in the AI software world will stay the same forever? The policies, testing and general knowledge of the professionals are part of what's training the AI models... accurately passing all necessary software standards/certifications/policies are just a few (near future) prompts away.

[–] jqpabc123 15 hours ago

The policies, testing and general knowledge of the professionals are part of what's training the AI models

Catch 22 --- The "professionals" need to be replaced in order to justify the cost of AI.

Once this done, where will the general knowledge to train AI come from?

AI is a self degrading feedback loop.

[–] majorchord 12 hours ago

> Once this done, where will the general knowledge to train AI come from?

I think this assumes that all professionals will eventually disappear and be replaced entirely with AI, and I don't agree with that.

The existence of AI does not dictate that developers can or will no longer exist (and not everyone will even use AI). I think we will still have enough data to train from... and if not, then the AI simply won't be used for that and people will learn again the old fashioned way.