The dystopian "Her" and OpenAI's entitlement problem
From Brian Merchant, author of Blood in the Machine:
“so much of the promise of generative AI as it is currently constituted, is driven by rote entitlement.** I want something and I want it produced, for me, personally, with the least amount of friction possible;** I want to see words arranged on the screen without my having to take the time to write them, I want to see images assembled before me without learning how to draw them. I want to solve the world’s biggest problems, without bothering with politics — I have the data, I have trained the model, I should be able to! We have advanced technology to new heights, we are entitled to its fruits, regardless of the blowback or the laws or the people whose jobs we might threaten.