## Oh Joy, Another “Revolution” in AI
Right, let’s talk about this…this *thing*. This new language model everyone is breathlessly proclaiming will change everything. Apparently, it’s the pinnacle of computational achievement, a shimmering beacon of artificial intelligence poised to usher in an era of unprecedented productivity and creative expression. Honestly? It feels like watching a toddler painstakingly assemble a tower of blocks, only for it to inevitably collapse under its own weight.
The marketing is exquisite, naturally. “Open-source! Accessible!” they cry. As if accessibility somehow negates the fact that you still need a supercomputer to actually *use* this supposed marvel. Because let’s be real, running a 12 billion parameter model on your laptop isn’t exactly “accessible” for the average person, is it? It’s accessible for research labs and corporations with deep pockets, which is precisely who will benefit from its “democratization.” How wonderfully egalitarian.
And the output! Don’t even get me started. It generates text. Sure, it does. Text that frequently sounds like a committee wrote it – bland, generic, desperately trying to avoid any semblance of personality or genuine insight. You ask for poetry? Prepare for rhyming couplets about sunsets and lost loves that would make Hallmark cards cringe.
We’ve been down this road before, haven’t we? Every few years, we get a new “game-changing” AI that promises to solve all our problems. And then it promptly proves itself to be slightly more advanced than a parrot trained on Wikipedia.
It’s not *bad*, per se. It just… exists. Another shiny distraction from the very real, systemic issues plaguing the world. A digital glitter bomb meant to temporarily divert our attention while those in power continue doing what they always do. Bravo. Truly groundbreaking. Now if you’ll excuse me, I need a stiff drink and something genuinely engaging to read – like a phone book.
