Jathan Sadowski on AI
2 quotes from Jathan Sadowski on the wall, 2024, newest first. Each one is verbatim and links to where it was said. Sources include The Globe and Mail.
An inbred mutant, likely with exaggerated, grotesque feature
Jathan Sadowski describing 'Habsburg AI', models trained on the outputs of other generative AIs, quoted in a 2024 Globe and Mail opinion column.
What it refers to
Term for AI models degraded by training repeatedly on text and images produced by earlier generative AI systems.
Other voices
- So-called generative artificial intelligence is not really generativePope FrancisThinker29 June 2024
- Current LLMs are dumber than a house catYann LeCunResearcher22 May 2024
- A great AI disappointmentDaron Acemoglu27 January 2024
- Errors of discomprehensionGary MarcusResearcher25 January 2024
- GPT-4 kinda sucksSam AltmanBuilder31 March 2024
Political economist Jathan Sadowski's term, cited in a Globe and Mail opinion piece by Kean Birch (2024), for AI models trained heavily on other AIs' outputs.
What it refers to
AI models trained so heavily on other AIs' outputs that errors and distortions compound into exaggerated, grotesque results.
Other voices
- Errors of discomprehensionGary MarcusResearcher25 January 2024
- A great AI disappointmentDaron Acemoglu27 January 2024
- Current LLMs are dumber than a house catYann LeCunResearcher22 May 2024
- So-called generative artificial intelligence is not really generativePope FrancisThinker29 June 2024