AXIOS April 24, 2024
Scott Rosenberg

The gigantic and costly industry Silicon Valley is building around generative AI is still struggling to explain the technology’s utility.

Why it matters: AI chatbots and image generators are making headlines and fortunes, but a year and a half into their revolution, it remains tough to say exactly why we should all start using them.

  • The most common rationale is a kind of circular reasoning: Everyone’s going to be using these tools, the argument goes, so you might as well get ahead of the parade.

Driving the news: This spring, a chorus of thoughtful critics has begun sharing the nagging feeling that, fascinating and alarming as generative AI may be, it doesn’t have much practical use in their...

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