Dandelion coffee and an AI Library. What have they in common? Just look a the NY Times and an AI company's "library". Nice shelves but the "books" tell the story. These are just shelves in a remainder store in some down scale shopping mall. Lots of used books, none containing any content. Lots of clutter and titles depicting a vapid mind.
The picture tell the whole story of AI. Garbage in garbage out.
Now I speak from my personal perspective. I try to keep my library to just under 10,000 books, all neatly arranged, all read in whole or part, and used as facilitators of knowledge. I still keep a few paper back books, cherished ones from years past. Most of my books are hardcover ranging from the most recent to late 18th century. Each shelf is filled, organized by topic and the by author. Yes, organization is critical when you have 10,000. Every once in a while I make the mistake of putting something back where it does not belong, then spend weeks trying to find it. Discipline is essential.
But this AI company "library" is pitiful, it lacks organization and content. One can tell a great deal about a person by their library. Are they nothing more than a poseur, are they organized, what depth do they have. A Library is a personal expression of a person's mind. The English gentry had massive libraries, mostly filled was room decorations. Other than Churchill, left unread.
The Times notes:
stocked with titles suggested by his staff, the OpenAI library is an apt metaphor for the world’s hottest tech company, whose success was fueled by language — lots and lots of language. OpenAI’s chatbot was not built like the average internet app. ChatGPT learned its skills by analyzing huge amounts of text that was written, edited and curated by humans, including encyclopedia articles, news stories, poetry and, yes, books.
Thus this is not a personal library but stocked with suggestions is a reflection of the mind set. Pity us the AI opponents!
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