Mockery Abounds at AI-Generated Interview Between Bill Gates and Socrates

Mind Blown Emoji Over the weekend, an AI Guy presented Twitter with what he thought was a game-changing, AI-generated “conversation” between the billionaire Bill Gates and the ancient Greek philosopher Socrates. And rest assured, folks on Twitter definitely have some thoughts — but they probably weren’t what the AI Guy in question, a designer named Linus Ekenstam, wanted to hear. “Is this the future of podcasts?” Ekenstam tweeted on Friday. “I think very realistic conversations like this will be bread and butter in any streaming app.” Is this the future of podcasts? AI conversations | Bill Gates x Socrates I think very realistic conversations like this will be bread and butter in any streaming app. Let’s take it one step further and imagine this but personalized towards you? What do you think? pic.twitter.com/K58okqsusK — Linus (●ᴗ●) (@LinusEkenstam) May 26, 2023 Art is relative, sure, but Twitter was ruthless. Users called out the AI optimist for everything from lack of originality to, among other qualms, the very Greek Socrates’ curiously British accent, his noted technopessimism, and more. “Stuff like this makes me realize AI creators and (even more so) boosters have extremely limited imaginations,” tweeted one commenter. “It’s so good watching what Silicon Valley guys think entertainment should look like,” added Insider writer Ed Zitron. “Almond-brained technocharlatans when their godless computer program jizzoms out the most pitiful mockery of the human spirit,” echoed a particularly foulmouthed commentator, mocking the designer’s mind-blown emoji to boot. almond-brained technocharlatans when their godless computer program jizzoms…Mockery Abounds at AI-Generated Interview Between Bill Gates and Socrates

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