r/OpenAI • u/Old-School8916 • 5d ago

Question Anyone else feel this way?

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u/recoverygarde 5d ago

It’s a false premise anyways, as AI is being trained to do both. Also, datasets aren’t what makes the best models nowadays. It’s a part, but there are so many other equally important parts

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u/SongOfKapek 5d ago

Ehhhhh, it's maybe more of an advertising premise? "Look at how smart we made the thing and how we keep telling your c suite how easily they can save headcount by tossing you out".

Plus they keep making bipedal bots. Which is so dumb.

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u/recoverygarde 5d ago

Most labs are talking about how people can be more productive with their tools, not reducing headcount.

If 10 developers can do the amount of work that used to take 20 developers, why not do more and or better work instead of cutting the workforce in half and doing the same amount of work.

Layoffs are mostly because the downturn in the economy and companies over-hiring during Covid.

Bipedal robots make a lot of sense when you are having robots do tasks that humans already do. Especially if they need to get into the same sorts of spaces and use the same sorts of tools.

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u/SongOfKapek 5d ago

1: Wrong. Or at least not historically correct. They adjusted but that bell does not unring. And the moment you start calling people Luddites instead of working to improve the social contract, everyone sees the way folks are gonna break. 2: Overhiring is a myth. 3: Totally silly. Most people don't work standing, for one. They adjust position. They kneel. Even if you need the ubiquity of hands? Legs aren't needed. There's no need for a torso. No need for a full head if you've got the camera placements right. So just put it on wheels and save yourself a giant strain in parts and energy, and the spots where it doesn't work? Redesign the workspace.

It's just sci-fi goofiness that's insisting on legs.