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   Félix Tréguer (felix@mamot.fr)'s status on Monday, 08-Jan-2024 23:07:02 JST Félix Tréguer

   • Cory Doctorow

   "ll the big, exciting uses for AI are either low-dollar (helping kids cheat on their homework, generating stock art for bottom-feeding publications) or high-stakes and fault-intolerant (self-driving cars, radiology, hiring, etc.). Every bubble pops eventually. When this one goes, what will be left behind?" asks @pluralistic in this interesting take on the AI bubble. https://locusmag.com/2023/12/commentary-cory-doctorow-what-kind-of-bubble-is-ai/

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     pettter (pettter@mastodon.acc.umu.se)'s status on Monday, 08-Jan-2024 23:08:17 JST pettter

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     @felix weather forecasts and protein folding, as well as data from e.g. particle accelerators

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     Félix Tréguer (felix@mamot.fr)'s status on Monday, 08-Jan-2024 23:08:18 JST Félix Tréguer

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     Also, regarding "what might be left behind and how could it be put to good use": what will be left are megatons of storage space and huge computation power we do not need in the first place, for which future forms of digital capitalism will probably --unfortunately-- find use for, sustaining the ongoing ecological devastation. So the sooner we burst that bubble (and capitalism), the better. And as for a "good" alternative usage of those resources, dunno. Not sure there's one to be found...

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     Félix Tréguer (felix@mamot.fr)'s status on Monday, 08-Jan-2024 23:08:20 JST Félix Tréguer

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     Though I feel like it could be that AI is there to stay, e.g. if AI providers like Microsoft manage to cut down cost and keep tools like ChatGPT cheap enough for them to find customers, ensuring their business sustainability (despite their environmental unsustainably)...