Wednesday, January 10, 2024

Code, Talking

By now, we've all seen forecasted trends and what seemingly seems plausible for 2024, but I predict four indispensable trends in 2024 due to the emerging blockchain economy. This transformation will redefine the essence of influence, placing innovation at its core, overshadowing mere exposure.
Four Transformative Trends Leaders Can't Ignore in 2024
What in the world is that supposed to mean? I suspect that ChatGPT, or some other Large Language Model-driven "A.I." chatbot wrote it, and has no real idea what it means either. To follow it up, the four "transformative" and/or "indispensable" trends that are predicted have nothing to do with blockchains.

Welcome to the new world of A.I. Where before, you had to pay someone who (presumably) knew how to write to be one's ghostwriter, now you can outsource the job to a computer, which will say things like: "I predict such leaders, who balance commercial success with social responsibility and operational excellence, will rise to unprecedented levels of influence and admiration,...more than ever this year." To be sure, I could be wrong, and these passages were hand-written by a man with 25 years of experience in the business world and who (I think) has started up and sold two companies. But if these sorts of mediocre English skills can set one up for a career in business, a lot of people have been missing out.

So suspect that at least some of it was generated via Large Language Model, maybe (and just maybe) cleaned up a bit and dropped into LinkedIn as the sort of Business Leader Wisdom that people don't really bother to read (let alone try to understand) before giving it a "like" so that it will be relayed to their networks. And this is the allure of generative systems. They don't have to be good. They just need to be inexpensive and/or quick. Because of they save someone 20 minutes or $100, who cares if it's of noticeably lower quality? It's something (in this case "content"), and it leaves the requestor with more time, money or both. And that's what matters. If generative systems are incapable of being good, they can be relied upon to be fast and cheap. And that seems to be good enough.

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