Golden hospital gowns
Here's something I posted on X a couple days ago:
There's no direct connection between AI and cryptocurrency, but they have a similar vibe.
They both leave you wondering whether the emperor is sumptuously clothed, naked, or a mix of both.
Maybe he's wearing a hospital gown with gold threads.
In case you're unfamiliar with the story, this is an allusion to The Emperor's New Clothes, one of the most important stories in literature.
I propose golden hospital gown as a metaphor for things that are a fascinating mixture of good and bad, things that have large numbers of haters and fanboys, both with valid points. There's continual improvement and a lot work to be done sorting out what works well and what does not.
I tried to get Grok to create an image of what I had in mind by a golden hospital gown. The results were not what I wanted, but passable, which is kinda the point of the comment above. It's amazing that AI can produce anything remotely resembling a desired image starting from a text description. But there is a very strong temptation to settle for mediocre and vaguely creepy images that aren't what we really want.
- The search for the perfect prompt
- LLMs and regular expressions
- What is proof of work?
- Bitcoin keys and elliptic curves