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Oprah does AI: The hype engine resorts to celebrity promo (pivot-to-ai.com)

submitted 3 months ago by dgerard@awful.systems to c/techtakes@awful.systems

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[–] self@awful.systems 15 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Brownlee, who will take us through “mind-blowing demonstrations of AI’s capabilities,” is a curious addition — he’s previously complained of his work being stolen to feed AI. But a big enough check is a pretty convincing counterargument. [Twitter, archive]

I’m disappointed but not at all surprised Marques is involved in this. I think he was caught by surprise by how popular his mildly AI-critical videos were, and this is him doing damage control and trying to get back into the grifters’ good graces.

[–] fasterandworse@awful.systems 8 points 3 months ago

his production equipment is way too expensive to be making videos critical of tech