Jaron Lanier says AI firms are repeating social media's mistakes
What happened
On November 4, Hacker News featured a report on computer scientist Jaron Lanier's conversation with Danny Fortson on The Times Tech Podcast. Lanier argues that AI companies are repeating social media's mistakes, and criticizes treating chatbots as a new species, saying that pushes the industry in the wrong direction. He says Silicon Valley has become "addicted to addiction" and discusses ideas such as data provenance. The report covers his criticism of the industry's direction and the discussion around it, with no detail on how those ideas would be implemented.
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- Hacker News front pageJaron Lanier on parallels between AI and social media
计算机科学家 Jaron Lanier 在 The Times Tech Podcast 中与 Danny Fortson 对谈，认为 AI 公司正在重蹈社交媒体的覆辙，并批评把聊天机器人当作新物种的做法正将行业引向错误方向。他提出硅谷已"对成瘾上瘾"，并谈及数据溯源（data provenance）等想法。
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