> I can see that a lot of technical people have ambivalent to negative feelings towards AI
My negative feelings towards AI are about energy use and inequalities, that kind of stuff. It undeniably works well, but whether or not it is better for society or the planet is a lot less clear.
Same. Even the most basic versions of LLM are magical to me. To encode meaning from language like that, and to then form relationships based on it, and use it to solve problems. It's an amazing technical achievement.
But I want to be reading about that from the comfort of a home, with a full belly.