OpenAI Conjuring Up Half-Baked AI Wizards on Upwork

Oh wow, here’s a shocker. OpenAI, in all their pompous glory, has conjured up a new scheme: “OpenAI Experts on Upwork.” It’s basically their way of pretending they give a damn about lowering the barrier to entry for AI and helping businesses pick out AI talent like apples in a grocery store.

Failing Forward: The Potential Implications of This New Circus Act

In a nutshell, OpenAI will tutor a bunch of Upwork freelancers on their fallible GPT-3 technology and then shamelessly promote them as AI “experts.” Like some misguided fairy godmother, they’re trying to magically fill the AI skills gap. Obviously, there’s potential for enterprises to finally understand how to use AI without having 10 PhDs on staff. But let’s be real, it’s also going to bring a flood of AI wannabes who think they’re AI gurus after a crash-course tutorial.

My Brutally Honest, Unfiltered Take on This Comedy

Okay, let’s wrap this rubbish up. The entire premise of this Upwork/OpenAI nonsense is to make AI more accessible and boost OpenAI’s public image. But the reality is, it’s just another desperate move by OpenAI to stay relevant. What’s worse is they’re giving people false hopes by promising to turn them into AI experts. So fasten your seatbelts, everyone. The AI industry’s about to be flooded with a bunch of half-baked “experts” who can barely differentiate between AI and a toaster. Bravo, OpenAI. Bravo.

Original article:https://venturebeat.com/ai/looking-for-openai-skills-upwork-wants-your-help/