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Pretty happy for anything that will throw some sand into the gears of AI development, given all the negative externalities that are becoming apparent, even if t
by trashface 3mo ago
Pretty happy for anything that will throw some sand into the gears of AI development, given all the negative externalities that are becoming apparent, even if the admin is doing it for the usual dumbass reasons.
- softwaredoug 3mo agoIt’s worse than that. It’s available to large companies. The WH gives them a competitive advantage against the rest of the market.
- baby_souffle 3mo ago> It’s available to large companies ... that are friendly to this administration.
- stronglikedan 3mo agocrony capitalism has accomplished this for decades, unfortunately
- mirsadm 3mo agoDoes it? That's not even well established yet. These things aren't that good.
- palata 3mo agoI am all against AI (precisely because of all the externalities, like energy consumption and concentration of power and inequalities), but they definitely do give a competitive advantage in many cases.
- jstummbillig 3mo agoNot sure if the USG reserving all superior models for themselves and big corp is sand in AI dev? Inference is clearly constrained, people still want better models. Everyone will still use the best they can afford -- now additionally limited by what the USG allows them to pay for.
- olalonde 3mo ago> given all the negative externalities that are becoming apparent What specific externalities are you referring to? The only I can think of is high electricity usage, but consuming energy isn't an externality in itself. It depends entirely on how that electricity is generated and whether its environmental costs are already priced.
- trashface 3mo agoDo you live under a rock or something?