Fuck AI

Generative AI actually does have a few real uses. Most notable is in the generation of new protein sequences.

Not long ago, you had PhD's whose entire career was understanding a single protein sequence. Now we can generate thousands of properly folded proteins. Millions. Stuff nature never thought of.

Due to patent law, the biotech revolution is still a few years out, but it's coming.

You want an enzyme that breaks apart plastic? We can design one now and have yeast producing it within a day or two.

And there are millions more that we can now play with.

Anyway, there are a few more niche uses for generative AI. But then idiot CEOs decided to shove that shit into everything. To decidedly mixed success.

LLMs are generally OK, if you can craft an unbiased question that demands facts. Never seen ChatGPT get it wrong. But it's stunning how easily you can manipulate them just a couple of prompts deep.

Thing is, most people, in America anyway, didn't get the science training I got in 70s elementary school, and even though I'm barely above average IQ, I was a star science student. Imagine those people who don't understand empiricism using LLMs. The mind boggles.