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I think it's too soon to render predictions about the future of AI.

Between the ever-present hallucinations and absence of discernment in its output...even simple searches yield inconsistent results, often with single-source dependencies of dubious quality.

Then there's the issue of massive operational costs (OpenAI is burning through billions), environmental consequences, and degeneration (as training sets increasingly include AI output and AIs are used to train one another).

Assuming these issues will sort themselves out is a byproduct of a uniquely human optimism...but look where our unfettered belief in technology has led...omnipresent disinformation, deep fakes, decimated democracies, a deep erosion in trust for expertise, and corporate CEOs so eager to replace humans with AI that the first waves of massive layoffs have already begun.

I'm not averse to new technologies, but I'd like to see far more humility by its developers and marketers, and far more skepticism by consumers and adopters.

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