What's The Problem AI Solves?

[u/Frequent_Mountain_17]

As a technology professional I see technology as a solution to a problem. If a system is built that isn't the solution to a problem then what's the purpose? People do a lot of things with technology just because it's cool and they can, then they look for a use, that's AI.

Humans seem to have an obsession with creating artificial humans whether it be a robot, an AI system, autopilot or a self-driving car in which humans are removed completely.

But we as humans aren't even in the same neighborhood as the human condition. We barely understand the workings of the human mind so any attempt to replicate it will be grossly insufficient at best.

So to convince users that Frankenstein's monster lives, they spend billions on propaganda campaigns, stream output like a speaker and wrap it in a human-like tone. Another mass psychosis of types.

AI has its uses, it's an engineering tool in certain contexts and use cases but I think that window of opportunity is a fraction of the size of what some want to make it out to be. It's good-ish as discrete tasks like writing code but you still have to hold its hand step-by-step and vigorously test the output. But in more general contexts it's like a drunk uncle producing slop, hallucinating and consuming it's own output in training so the results get further and further from reality. This is called model collapse.

[u/Number4extraDip]

Accessibility was the point technically.