Do you hate AI?

I don't hate it. Don't care to have it shoved in my face by devices or systems that I use on a regular basis, though, either.

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Peter - there's an opportunity to share the dumbest advertisements talking about AI. 

I just got a popup ad from a company that I cannot recall now - but figure it was like manscaped but something else. The ad said they were hosting an AMA, and they wanted to let everyone know that they have been busy bringing AI to personal grooming. 

I guess their clippers will connect to your wireless and sniff more than your data.

Hate it?  No.  Respect it?  Also no.

I do hate the hype surrounding it.  Seen too many bubbles before that separate the chumps from their hard earned dollars to think much of it.

I read an interesting article about Yann LeCun this week.  He doesn't think LLM's are the future of AI, and I tend to agree - though without his lifetime of expertise on that subject!

It’s all in how it’s used.  Right now, it seems to be used mostly as a toy, with some use in business to write letters and emails, saving the humans the task.

I think it would really shine in traffic signal control—learning traffic patterns, and predicting where traffic will be to keep it flowing, rather than sitting at red lights while there are no other cars at the intersection.  Or it might be useful in solving crimes—detecting behavior patterns, or analyzing walking gaits to identify suspects from security camera footage.

I have not (knowingly or actively) used AI myself, though.  Haven’t seen a need or good reason.

Jason

I use ChatGPT all the time when I'm too lazy to look something up in a more traditional way such as downloading manuals or even pulling out manuals I already have. Sometimes it's surprising the obscure things AI can find for you. AI will revolutionize the way things are done as it matures, it's only in its infancy now. The best thing it's done for me is fund my IRA as I invested in some companies with great potential in AI years ago, and it's paying off big time now.

$10,000 investment in 2020 in this simplified, back-of-the-envelope model would be worth over $100k today.

Total current value (very roughly): ~ $116,390

Peter, is that your "wish you had" portfolio or actual?

@Dale Stansbery,

A wish I had I must say.

I saw the light in 2017 before Nvidia split a total 14:1. I've followed AI since it was a pipe dream in the '80's.

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My Thanksgiving Day blessing "Thank you God for Jensen Juang and Nvidia". Probably should have put this in "controversial".