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> When the appreciable-fraction-of-GDP money tap turns off, there going to be enormous pressure to start putting a finger on the scale here. Yeah, back in the
by otabdeveloper4 10mo ago
> When the appreciable-fraction-of-GDP money tap turns off, there going to be enormous pressure to start putting a finger on the scale here.
Yeah, back in the day before monetization Internet pages were informative, reliable and ad-free too.
- georgefrowny 10mo agoOne difference is that the early internet was heavily composed of enthusiastic individuals. AI is almost entirely corporate and money-focused. Even most hobby AI projects mostly seem to have an eye on being a side hustle or CV buffing. Perhaps it's because even in the 90s you could serve a website for basically free (once you had the server). AI today has a noticeable per-user cost.
- otabdeveloper4 10mo ago> AI is almost entirely corporate and money-focused. This is untrue. There's a huge landscape of locally-hosted AI stuff, and they're actually doing real interesting research. The problem is that 99% of it is pornography-focused, so understandably it's very underground.