For the last year or two AI has been the buzzword of the day. Anyone not investing in AI is considered dinosauric. Just like cloud was 5 to 10 years ago.
Only the cycle has happened a little more quickly this time. AI was supposed to produce immediate revolution, and we are seeing the immediate results are… Just okay.
Google spends billions building an AI that takes 10x more power per query than a standard search, only so it can tell people to superglue their pizza together and jump off the Golden Gate Bridge when they are depressed.
Copilot 365 costs about as much as an E3 license, so turning it on basically doubles your monthly spend with Microsoft. I don’t see it doubling anybody’s productivity.
AI is like cloud. There are some places where it makes sense, where it can be helpful, where it can save time or help do difficult jobs. That is not everywhere doing everything for everybody, and I think perhaps some of the world is starting to realize that.
I think perhaps some of the world is starting to realize that.
Finally!
If only they’d programmed the AI to tell them this sooner.
That would require genuine intelligence. We only have artificial intelligence, both in the machines and the empty suits who market them.
Oh thank fuck. Finally some steps away from AI. It was starting to feel like everything was AI all the time.
oh don’t worry that won’t change
I think local compute will kill these huge data centers for AI. It’s amazing what you can do with free tools like ollama or rag agents like n8n. Even on a business laptop with only 16GB of ram. If you’ve got a 4090 at home in your gaming pc and some big ram sticks - well, you’d be surprised at what some models can do (and how quickly they can respond).
You all know how the internet works - in a short time someone’s going to put together a free tool that’s as easy as “click this button to install” and it’ll do 80% of what ChatGPT can do. ie probably enough for the average user - for free.
So how are they going to recoup all these billions spent on data centers if peoples personal computers can mostly do the same thing? How do they monetize your information and sell you ads if it’s all done locally?Go download one and ask questions-sure it’s not perfect but it’s surprisingly good locally hosted.
I think the people spending these billions are starting to realize that…. Meanwhile I think this keeps video card prices high unfortunately…
We still restarting 3 Mile Island? I hope so but not for AI.
I read somewhere someone supposed it had to do with SoftBank building out data centers to host this nonsense.
Which, given the history of SoftBank’s investing, is utterly hilarious and appropriate.
