Maybe, just maybe, AI should do librarian work? Big virtual library where you can just ask a question and instead of answering it AI just points you to category or proposes some specific books?
The present problems with AI/LLM are already apparent.
Imagine a library where the librarian assembles the book for you based on your reading history, the whims of the rich person that paid for the library chain, and corporation that wants you to stay engaged with their chain of libraries. The book is handed to you and it’s written to not offend you or be objectively critical of the subject you’re interested in (because if you are asked to be critical of your views you might be butthurt and not come back), and to align with your existing views. Interleaved in the pages are ads for you, too. Just like print magazines. The sources for the info could be compiled from anywhere, but who needs those anyway? Nobody looks at them. The Librarian is only as good as its programming, so every once in a while it’s just gonna make shit up and it definitely won’t criticize the methodology of its developers.
Every time someone asks for that same book it’s different, because it’s re-written for each individual based on their data-mined profile, their required adult identity proof to use the service, and their subscription information.
Or you could go to a public library, for free, grab two or three books on the same subject and compare different views thoroughly and see where the authors got their information from.
Are you a bot? You responded clearly without reading what I said.
AI hallucinating content - sure, terrible, big issue.
But AI just helping you find the content you want? You know, lige Google Search was supposed to do before enshittification hit.
Also - go to your local library and check what books/topics aren’t there. Because sure as shit not every library is some infinite magic space with all the books on all the topics.
Yeah, I over-wote a response. Try this: The librarian now hands you the print books it wants you to see becaue it gets a better ad fee for that one, lets you view them online with more ads, doesn’t tell you about well-reviewed books taking a contrary view or even objectively disproving your question, etc. and you still need to subscribe, provide adult ID, and end up having a digital profile with the service.
Sounds like average doctor in the USA, isn’t it? And it wouldn’t be too far-fetched for a librarian to prefer some books over the others.
If I looked for “well-reviewed books” I probably wouldn’t ask a librarian or generally a single fallible person, rather I would look for a repository of reviews for books.
We’d still need librarians to do the work at the physical libraries, and they’re always going to be the better people to ask. They’re not just people who like books; there is a lot of studying and training to be a librarian - I know 2, and they’re both among the smartest people I know, and definitely the most well-read. I’d go to them for a book-related question before I do anything else.
It’s not as convenient as just typing something up online, but that’s kinda the point. Unchecked pursual of convenience is what got us here - do the tried and true thing that takes a bit more effort, and you’ll be surprised at how much better it works than the convenient option.
AI is theft. It is designed to dumb you down and make you passive or reactionary. AI is slop and I have yet to find a real purpose for AI. People think they lost their job to AI but the top 10% is the only ones spending any money. We are not on the spread sheet. Our economies are shrinking the wealth is being concentrated to the capitalist class and now we live in a age of brazen imperialism. AI doesn’t provide any meaningful value to the working class. It is a magic trick. Karl Marx was right. Chapter Thirty-Two: Historical Tendency of Capitalist Accumulation
Maybe, just maybe, AI should do librarian work? Big virtual library where you can just ask a question and instead of answering it AI just points you to category or proposes some specific books?
The present problems with AI/LLM are already apparent.
Imagine a library where the librarian assembles the book for you based on your reading history, the whims of the rich person that paid for the library chain, and corporation that wants you to stay engaged with their chain of libraries. The book is handed to you and it’s written to not offend you or be objectively critical of the subject you’re interested in (because if you are asked to be critical of your views you might be butthurt and not come back), and to align with your existing views. Interleaved in the pages are ads for you, too. Just like print magazines. The sources for the info could be compiled from anywhere, but who needs those anyway? Nobody looks at them. The Librarian is only as good as its programming, so every once in a while it’s just gonna make shit up and it definitely won’t criticize the methodology of its developers.
Every time someone asks for that same book it’s different, because it’s re-written for each individual based on their data-mined profile, their required adult identity proof to use the service, and their subscription information.
Or you could go to a public library, for free, grab two or three books on the same subject and compare different views thoroughly and see where the authors got their information from.
Are you a bot? You responded clearly without reading what I said.
AI hallucinating content - sure, terrible, big issue.
But AI just helping you find the content you want? You know, lige Google Search was supposed to do before enshittification hit.
Also - go to your local library and check what books/topics aren’t there. Because sure as shit not every library is some infinite magic space with all the books on all the topics.
TF you ask if I’m a bot for? I didn’t try to sell you the New ™️ Gemini ©️AI Patriot’s Library ®️.
Yeah, I over-wote a response. Try this: The librarian now hands you the print books it wants you to see becaue it gets a better ad fee for that one, lets you view them online with more ads, doesn’t tell you about well-reviewed books taking a contrary view or even objectively disproving your question, etc. and you still need to subscribe, provide adult ID, and end up having a digital profile with the service.
Sounds like average doctor in the USA, isn’t it? And it wouldn’t be too far-fetched for a librarian to prefer some books over the others.
If I looked for “well-reviewed books” I probably wouldn’t ask a librarian or generally a single fallible person, rather I would look for a repository of reviews for books.
It’s sounds like just a search engine.
LLM is pretty much just a text predictor, predicting next word, next sentence etc in the conversation.
Being a search engine sounds like an upgrade.
In majority of cases LLM is downgrade.
We’d still need librarians to do the work at the physical libraries, and they’re always going to be the better people to ask. They’re not just people who like books; there is a lot of studying and training to be a librarian - I know 2, and they’re both among the smartest people I know, and definitely the most well-read. I’d go to them for a book-related question before I do anything else.
It’s not as convenient as just typing something up online, but that’s kinda the point. Unchecked pursual of convenience is what got us here - do the tried and true thing that takes a bit more effort, and you’ll be surprised at how much better it works than the convenient option.
AI is theft. It is designed to dumb you down and make you passive or reactionary. AI is slop and I have yet to find a real purpose for AI. People think they lost their job to AI but the top 10% is the only ones spending any money. We are not on the spread sheet. Our economies are shrinking the wealth is being concentrated to the capitalist class and now we live in a age of brazen imperialism. AI doesn’t provide any meaningful value to the working class. It is a magic trick. Karl Marx was right. Chapter Thirty-Two: Historical Tendency of Capitalist Accumulation
I’m pretty sure it already does that