Silicon Valley’s richest geeks seem convinced that AI will make the world a better place. But not everyone is so sure.in This week’s SXSWa sizzle reel showing conference panelists enthusiastically talking about new technology, was met with a round of boos from a disgusted audience.
The reel in question was shown before the premiere of a new romantic comedy. fall guy. Her video, which is less than a minute long, features a panel that includes prominent technology magazine Kara Swisher, who says that “we need to stop resisting and start learning” about AI, and that “there are many things we have to resist.” It says things like “instead.” “Find ways to leverage AI to accelerate faster.” One speaker helpfully told the audience, “Be one of those leveraging AI to avoid falling for it.” I am. During her segment, Swisher recently said, Befriended OpenAI CEO Sam Altman Promoting her new book, she said every company will “find a way” to use AI to become “more efficient.”
The reels are:
Yes, amazing! I think resistance is futile, everyone. It’s better to assimilate into the Borg while you still have the advantage and stop worrying about things like job automation and AI wars. Support AI now and everything will be fine.
Well, the audience wasn’t feeling it. The video was met with boos. Like a lot.
Here are some reactions to the reel:
variety I am making a note of Many of those in the audience who booed were likely “writers and actors who spent most of 2023 on picket lines trying to control the potentially destructive power of AI.”
Yes, not everyone is as excited about the AI revolution as the tech industry’s jet-setters. Naturally, people who are more likely to lose jobs than gain them due to technological disruption are not such big fans.
