Oprah does AI: The hype engine resorts to celebrity promo (pivot-to-ai.com)

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[-] self@awful.systems 15 points 10 months ago

Brownlee, who will take us through “mind-blowing demonstrations of AI’s capabilities,” is a curious addition — he’s previously complained of his work being stolen to feed AI. But a big enough check is a pretty convincing counterargument. [Twitter, archive]

I’m disappointed but not at all surprised Marques is involved in this. I think he was caught by surprise by how popular his mildly AI-critical videos were, and this is him doing damage control and trying to get back into the grifters’ good graces.

[-] fasterandworse@awful.systems 8 points 10 months ago

his production equipment is way too expensive to be making videos critical of tech

[-] sailor_sega_saturn@awful.systems 11 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

I mean honestly 200-proof Yud is a bit much for me too. Probably a bit much for most people.

As someone who likes bunnies and sunshine I'm not even sure why I'm drawn to this forum so full of darkness but I just can't look away.

[-] YourNetworkIsHaunted@awful.systems 8 points 10 months ago

I like to think of it as concentrating that draw of the void into someplace less irony-poisoned and openly destructive than many of the alternatives. This way I can avoid spreading the despair into the rest of my life.

[-] blakestacey@awful.systems 9 points 10 months ago

(in the voice of Zoidberg taking careful notes) "Avoid ... spreading ... despair ..."

[-] grrgyle@slrpnk.net 10 points 10 months ago

Article kind of covered it all. Not much I can add other than I can't wait for all these apps to pull back their pointless ✨ buttons

One thing I'm curious about is much of a mainstream trend signaller / kingmaker Oprah is these days.

[-] istewart@awful.systems 7 points 10 months ago

She's still a go-to for celebrities who want to be seen as telling raw, difficult truths; Harry and Meghan obviously being the flagship example. They're surely trying to piggyback off that here.

[-] dgerard@awful.systems 4 points 10 months ago

That's a good question. But certainly she still provides significant hype.

[-] HotGarbage@awful.systems 7 points 10 months ago

Did ABC get AI credits to air this? Are they going to use said AI to justify laying off staff? Then use that money to pay Oprah?

[-] istewart@awful.systems 4 points 10 months ago

Aww, how nice, Sam got his hair done professionally. And they gave him the Nimoy cut!

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