<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@shriramk" class="u-url mention">@<span>shriramk</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.nu/@richcarl" class="u-url mention">@<span>richcarl</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@DRMacIver" class="u-url mention">@<span>DRMacIver</span></a></span> My impression is that the strong "glorified auto_" criticism comes as a Newtonian counterreaction to completely ridiculous claims, by people with blatant ulterior technocratic and economic motives, that these probabilistic models will offer us solutions to climate change and other global crises, and thereby justify their indiscriminate development and use at any cost. It's saying, "yes, these things are great, but they're just completing sentences/paragraphs/novels for you, and not an excuse to abdicate your critical thinking facilities"</p>
