AI Deception: How Tech Companies Are Fooling Us
ColdFusion・2 minutes read
The author discusses the deceptive nature of AI technology, highlighting how companies like Amazon and IBM mislead consumers and potentially harm legitimate AI work, leading to distrust and inflated expectations in the market. Furthermore, the text points out the impact of AI on the job market, with mega-corporations like Meta and Alphabet reducing workforces and hiring, potentially requiring around 12 million US workers to switch jobs by 2030 due to AI advancements.
Insights
- The Mechanical Turk, created in 1770 by Wolf Gan Von Kempelen, was a hoax with a hidden person operating it, deceiving notable figures like Napoleon and Benjamin Franklin.
- Companies often mislead consumers about AI technology, with Amazon's checkout system using manual labor disguised as AI, leading to distrust and potential harm, exemplifying a broader issue of companies overstating AI capabilities and causing inflated expectations that may result in market crashes.
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Recent questions
What was the Mechanical Turk?
A hoax chess-playing machine operated by a person.
How does Amazon's Just Walk Out work?
Allows customers to grab items without manual scanning.
What is AI washing?
Misleading investors about AI product capabilities.
How does Aura protect against data brokers?
Offers online security features like parental controls.
What is the Gartner hype cycle?
Indicates AI market at peak of inflated expectations.
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