Oprah does AI: The hype engine resorts to celebrity promo - eviltoast
  • self@awful.systems
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    3 months ago

    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.

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      3 months ago

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