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I'd like to continue on the narrative here but the truth is kind of that tech itself hasn't really had much exciting things to report on in the ~2017 to now per

by nuz 2y ago

I'd like to continue on the narrative here but the truth is kind of that tech itself hasn't really had much exciting things to report on in the ~2017 to now period. If I were in their shoes I'd probably switch reporting to anti tech as well.

snats 2y ago
Deeptech is going crazy, all of the AI boom is pretty much an obvious subject if you are in media, and finally you still have your usual gossip. You still have a lot of eyes
forgetfulness 2y ago
Since then it's been dominated by advancements in generative AI, which mostly appeals the get-rich-quick types that were also into cryptocurrency speculation. At least generative AI does produce _something_ today, at the cost of tremendous amounts of electricity and pushing humans out of office jobs to food preparation and delivery. After all this proletarization of knowledge workers is normalized, hopefully the new AI Robber Barons will leave us some sick public libraries or some equivalent, at least.
- Yawrehto 2y ago
  > at the cost of tremendous amounts of electricity And the climate. And water. So much water. (Some good reads on that: https://grist.org/technology/the-overlooked-climate-consequences-of-ai/ https://grist.org/technology/the-overlooked-climate-conseque..., https://grist.org/technology/surging-demand-data-guzzling-water-ai/ https://grist.org/technology/surging-demand-data-guzzling-wa..., and https://themarkup.org/hello-world/2023/04/15/the-secret-water-footprint-of-ai-technology https://themarkup.org/hello-world/2023/04/15/the-secret-wate....) >some sick public libraries They won't. One major thing AI does is get you from a question to an answer, like a search engine. But here's the thing: Libraries also do that, and they're good at it (the large ones at least). They do so for free, legally, without using anyone's stuff without consent, without selling your data, and without nearly as big climate concerns. They're a threat to AI (or would be if they weren't already crippled by search engines), and AI doesn't want to keep them around.

by nuz 2y ago

snats 2y ago

Deeptech is going crazy, all of the AI boom is pretty much an obvious subject if you are in media, and finally you still have your usual gossip. You still have a lot of eyes

forgetfulness 2y ago

Since then it's been dominated by advancements in generative AI, which mostly appeals the get-rich-quick types that were also into cryptocurrency speculation. At least generative AI does produce _something_ today, at the cost of tremendous amounts of electricity and pushing humans out of office jobs to food preparation and delivery. After all this proletarization of knowledge workers is normalized, hopefully the new AI Robber Barons will leave us some sick public libraries or some equivalent, at least.

Yawrehto 2y ago
> at the cost of tremendous amounts of electricity And the climate. And water. So much water. (Some good reads on that: https://grist.org/technology/the-overlooked-climate-consequences-of-ai/ https://grist.org/technology/the-overlooked-climate-conseque..., https://grist.org/technology/surging-demand-data-guzzling-water-ai/ https://grist.org/technology/surging-demand-data-guzzling-wa..., and https://themarkup.org/hello-world/2023/04/15/the-secret-water-footprint-of-ai-technology https://themarkup.org/hello-world/2023/04/15/the-secret-wate....) >some sick public libraries They won't. One major thing AI does is get you from a question to an answer, like a search engine. But here's the thing: Libraries also do that, and they're good at it (the large ones at least). They do so for free, legally, without using anyone's stuff without consent, without selling your data, and without nearly as big climate concerns. They're a threat to AI (or would be if they weren't already crippled by search engines), and AI doesn't want to keep them around.