I’m not an AI techie and I’m not well educated on LLMs/AI in general. The issue I’m having is the dichotomy between how people talk about it. I’ve heard completely opposite ends of the spectrum. From AI is quickly becoming advanced enough to threaten human society, all the way to its a glorified dictionary/search engine that can’t really do much of anything. I know Lemmy has a steep anti-AI slant. But, can someone talk about this in a way I can wrap my head around why the divide seems so big?

  • Mulligrubs
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    10 hours ago

    It’s been reported a few times that Ukraine is already using AI for drones.

    The human operator chooses the target, the AI takes over and eliminates the target.

    Is that “just an LLM”?

    Seems more capable than that to me. But, I don’t know if this is actually true, or just a claim to frighten the Russians (and me).

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      8 hours ago

      Not quite true. It was an experiment almost a year ago. I think three Russians were killed.

      Am not sure if my pedantic correction brings any comfort to anyone.