Your reminder that I've written a book on the business risks of generative AI. "The Intelligence Illusion"
https://illusion.baldurbjarnason.com/
Stuff I cover (not exhaustive):
- AGI is not happening any time soon.
- AGI and anthropomorphism will cripple your ability to think clearly about AI
- The AI industry has a long history of snake oil and fraud
- These models copy more than you think
- Hallucinations are still a thing and aren't going away.
- AI "reasoning" is quite broken
- Security is a shit show
@baldur I got interested in “no AGIs” thesis, but there’s nothing like that in ToC. Am I missing something?
@dpwiz I don’t really spend any time debunking AGI except insofar as I cover it in an early chapter, which happens to be available online as well: https://softwarecrisis.dev/letters/ai-bird-brains-silicon-valley/
AGI doesn’t exist yet and probably won’t ever, so I didn’t want to spend much time on it in a practical book about business risks.
