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[–] [email protected] 48 points 1 year ago (4 children)

Why is there this push to use AI everywhere when it's so resource-heavy? What do Google, MS etc gain?

[–] [email protected] 33 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

I wonder how it can be worth the extra cost on CPU/GPU time, compared to search of mail.

I might type "best value Jacuzzi" into Google, but "write a python script to sort numbers", or "write a message sounding like I'm actually sorry to not go to someone's party", or "this sentence is a lie" into an AI.

I can only see one of those being valuable.

[–] cyberpunk007 29 points 1 year ago

This AI "revolution" has me so turned off. "hi there, here at coffee shop X we use"AI"". Um. Ok. Neat. Does it do anything different?

Even Chatgpt is hit and miss. I'm not buying into this AI thing until we have cylons.

[–] [email protected] 16 points 1 year ago

It doesn't actually need to make money at the moment, just drive value for shareholders.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 year ago

Data is the new oil.