Despite the name, the title is not just granted to individuals. Pairs of people such as married couples and political opponents, classes of people, and inanimate objects have all been selected for the special year-end issue.
Useful information. That said, it’s probably a little more dangerous in this case because too many people are personifying LLM behavior. I don’t think any people assume The Spirit of Ukraine is a sentient being, for instance.
But I concede that the people pushing AI certainly can be, especially since their influence has ruined so many lives already and is poised to ruin many more, both directly and indirectly.
AI isn’t people.
Imagine if they said that subprime credit swaps were the person of the year in 2006.
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It’s more of a branding thing I guess. It’s not like the “award” is real, it’s just “this is what the ruling class likes this year”
Useful information. That said, it’s probably a little more dangerous in this case because too many people are personifying LLM behavior. I don’t think any people assume The Spirit of Ukraine is a sentient being, for instance.
But I concede that the people pushing AI certainly can be, especially since their influence has ruined so many lives already and is poised to ruin many more, both directly and indirectly.
As you can see in the top right corner the person of the year title applies to the architects of AI.
Capitalist media is pure garbage.
I mean I was the Time person of the year in 2006, and I was still in high school.
The front page literally says: “the architects of AI” are the person of the year.
In tiny font compared to everything else. It’s clear AI is the person of the year.
Although “the architects of subprime mortgages” would have been a funny person of the year too.
It’s the only text on the front page barring the artwork
The “artwork” is literally giant text that spells AI. “The architects of” is a thin font off in the corner. AI is the main event.
And the art shows people building the AI
And they’re also small and insignificant while AI is the big, bold thing in the center. It’s what people are going to see.
If you ask the average person who looks at this cover “who is the person of the year” they’re going to say “AI”. It’s intentional.
The title went to “The Architects of AI”, not just to AI in general
Every dog would be more qualified to be person of the year. 😂
It literally says the architects of AI though.