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Last 6 months is humanity losing control of LLMs. - Memory market cornering which mitigated the adoption of local AI despite great open model being released.

Last 6 months is humanity losing control of LLMs. - Memory market cornering which mitigated the adoption of local AI despite great open model being released. - Fast penetration of IP exfiltrating tools in companies world-wide. - Developers producing more code that they can read. - Autonomous agents killing Open Source by siphoning the attention economy - Autonomous agents destroyed online communities (including HN) - Autonomous agents being used in warfare (targeting, propaganda...) - Widespread vulnerabilities discovered, Widespread supply chain attacks. - Increasing inequality, fracture in perception, Green indicators, Grim realities.

originalvichy 5mo ago
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sigmoid10 5mo ago
If you only read bad news (i.e. mass news these days since that sells better) this will be the picture. But I have personally seen some insane stuff happen in biotech. Like, I can't believe we're lucky enough to possibly live our life in this kind of future. We already have actual therepeutics developed using Alphafold being tested right now in real clinical trials, but the next generation of stuff that will go into trials in the next 3-5 years will be insane. We will look back at current medicine like we look back at medieval times today.
- viking123 5mo ago
  Nothing ever happens. See you in 10-30 years when people are still dying of the same shit as today like oesophageal cancer and glioblastoma. Maybe in the next century but by that time you and me both will be under the ground, and no, Amodei's doubling of human lifespan simply won't happen.
  - sigmoid10 5mo ago
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- biophysboy 5mo ago
  Protein structure is not a rate-limiting step in drug discovery.
- rm_-rf_slash 5mo ago
  My mother is going on 5 years with multiple myeloma, a cancer that would have offed her in 5 months if it weren’t for advances in maintenance chemotherapy. Medicine has done amazing things in my lifetime.
- okamiueru 5mo ago
  AlphaFold is not an LLM. As such, it isn't a fitting example for "good news" related to LLMs.
- nektro 5mo ago
  Alphafold isn't generative and using this as a rebuttal to OP is bad faith
Asraelite 5mo ago
> Widespread vulnerabilities discovered This is a good thing
- felooboolooomba 5mo ago
  That is a half-truth.
- evdubs 5mo ago
  > Widespread supply chain attacks. This is a bad thing.
redsocksfan45 5mo ago
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willis936 5mo ago
Metal Gear Solid 2 was quaint and funny until 2025.
TeMPOraL 5mo ago
> - Memory market cornering (...) Wait, what? What is that? > - Fast penetration of IP exfiltrating tools in companies world-wide. That goes on the benefit side, I believe. > - Autonomous agents killing Open Source by siphoning the attention economy Anything attention economy disappearing is a "good riddance" to me.
- john_strinlai 5mo ago
  >Wait, what? What is that? i believe they are just saying that RAM prices went crazy
nijave 5mo ago
I think it's just further exposed cracks in software engineering that were always there. Ideally we'll come out of the AI hype cycle having learned better practices.

originalvichy 5mo ago

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sigmoid10 5mo ago

If you only read bad news (i.e. mass news these days since that sells better) this will be the picture. But I have personally seen some insane stuff happen in biotech. Like, I can't believe we're lucky enough to possibly live our life in this kind of future. We already have actual therepeutics developed using Alphafold being tested right now in real clinical trials, but the next generation of stuff that will go into trials in the next 3-5 years will be insane. We will look back at current medicine like we look back at medieval times today.

viking123 5mo ago
Nothing ever happens. See you in 10-30 years when people are still dying of the same shit as today like oesophageal cancer and glioblastoma. Maybe in the next century but by that time you and me both will be under the ground, and no, Amodei's doubling of human lifespan simply won't happen.
- sigmoid10 5mo ago
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biophysboy 5mo ago
Protein structure is not a rate-limiting step in drug discovery.
rm_-rf_slash 5mo ago
My mother is going on 5 years with multiple myeloma, a cancer that would have offed her in 5 months if it weren’t for advances in maintenance chemotherapy. Medicine has done amazing things in my lifetime.
okamiueru 5mo ago
AlphaFold is not an LLM. As such, it isn't a fitting example for "good news" related to LLMs.
nektro 5mo ago
Alphafold isn't generative and using this as a rebuttal to OP is bad faith

Asraelite 5mo ago

> Widespread vulnerabilities discovered This is a good thing

felooboolooomba 5mo ago
That is a half-truth.
evdubs 5mo ago
> Widespread supply chain attacks. This is a bad thing.

redsocksfan45 5mo ago

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willis936 5mo ago

Metal Gear Solid 2 was quaint and funny until 2025.

TeMPOraL 5mo ago

> - Memory market cornering (...) Wait, what? What is that? > - Fast penetration of IP exfiltrating tools in companies world-wide. That goes on the benefit side, I believe. > - Autonomous agents killing Open Source by siphoning the attention economy Anything attention economy disappearing is a "good riddance" to me.

john_strinlai 5mo ago
>Wait, what? What is that? i believe they are just saying that RAM prices went crazy

nijave 5mo ago

I think it's just further exposed cracks in software engineering that were always there. Ideally we'll come out of the AI hype cycle having learned better practices.