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[–] [email protected] 0 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (2 children)

There is a lot of blind hate, because it's edgy right now to be against.

This thing already is transformational and we can already see a glimpse where it's going. I think it's normal that we have a bunch of stupid half products right now. People just have to realise ai is under development and new advancements are coming weekly.

Besides, what are we going to do, not develop it? Just abandon the whole technology? That's nonsense.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Besides, what are we going to do, not develop it? Just abandon the whole technology? That’s nonsense.

The tech industry will happily abandon it as soon as the next hype train comes along – we’ve already seen it happen with multiple “innovations” – dotcom, subprime, crypto, NFTs …

[–] [email protected] -1 points 2 months ago

It's not comparable. This is not just something, it's a tech we want, have dreamed about since probably ever.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Not blind hate. AI will be devastating to the environment for to it's power and water consumption. We need to ask ourselves if the future water wars will be worth the corporate profits.

[–] [email protected] -1 points 2 months ago

I think people are over rating how much power AI will consume in the long term. Training a model takes way more power than running it, and once we understand the tech better models can be developed for specific applications. It would be like when Edison was first working on the light bulb and extrapolating the power usage of whatever filament he was testing to every household in the world.

Also, it doesn't have to be corporate profits. Individuals can benefit from AI. There's a structural problem with capitalism, not with this technology.