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Fears over AI bubble bursting grow in Silicon Valley
(www.bbc.co.uk)
Whoever could have predicted this
Certainly not every single person outside of the AI industry.
I'm going to take a shot in the dark here and guess that the people inside the AI industry aren't surprised either. They're just playing a game of fiscal hot potato hoping they're not the ones left holding it when the music stops.
I think there are plenty that are high on their supply. Lots of them truly believe AI will save the world.
I'm a bit more cynical than that. I'm pretty sure that the "AI is the future!"/"AI will destroy humanity, we must tame it!" crowds are just a well-orchestrated horse and pony show.
Nah. Even a prolific person like Peter Theil is doing it because he has a warped sense of reality and thinks he's stopping the antichrist by pushing technology forward.
He's not really in the industry though. He's an investor in it. By "in the industry" I mean the people running the LLM companies or working on the LLMs. I just can't see someone who actually works with those things thinking that there's real intellect coming forth from them when even a tech ignoramus like me can spot the obvious signs that these things are fake.
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Maybe they should not have created the bubble in the first place.
It’s one thing to create a bubble. It’s another when everybody continues to throw their money in when it’s obvious it’s a bubble.
Quick, what's something else that uses thousands of GPUs, electricity and fresh water that we can sell to VCs?
- ~~VR~~
- ~~.com~~
- ~~Big Data~~
- ~~VR~~
- ~~Crypto Currency~~
- ~~VR~~
- ~~Gen AI~~
- ???
(ETA to add a couple of bubbles to the list.)
AR glasses that require a server for all their functionality?
Oh that's good, I forgot about VR/AR!
With AI augments of course.
A triple A game that's so bloated and un-optimized it requires two, no... three video cards in parallel to properly run.
That doesn't narrow it down
NFT's should be on this list. Well. That and the metaverse.
Seti
Can we convince VCs that SETI will eventually pay out, though?
When you connect aliens with people so they can talk with each other. Multiply telecommunication market capital by 2.
So hot right now!
3I/ATLAS or something else ?
Uh, well I was joking, but I guess I would rather the resources were put into Folding At Home or something like that.
I thought about mining because all tech relies on mining minerals but aliens are more popular
ETA? I assume you don’t mean estimated time of arrival?
LOL, I'm afraid I did a "PIN Number" bit of redundancy. "Edited to Add to add." Oops!
oh I didn’t even realize edited to add was a thing. haven’t encountered that before!
3D TV.
G4m3rs
Tea and coffee for everyone.
You can add VR/Metaverse next for the ???. They keep (as you noted there) trying that one on for size over and over again.
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There have many articles about this (I'm kinda getting tired of it) but I know they will act super surprised anyway when it finally happens.
Yeah, they will try and squeeze the last potential drop of water from a stone right uo untill it explodes in their faceses
The earlier the bubble pops, the less damage it does to us all. So yes, cheer for the burst.
From their POVs:
Quick, how do you bet against AI?
You can short Nvidia/ Microsoft but just remember the government can remain irrational longer then you can remain solvent
The only winning move is not to play.
Buy put options on NVDA or just SPY.
VGT or a similar tech index fund would work as well
Speculative trading
Has anyone tried asking the fancy chatbot?
Just like the .Com bubble, the technology will stay, but many "yeah, we are doing AI now" companies will go.
Reality is often scary.
Seattle baseball is doing well this year, and there are so many ChatGPT ads. There's one where a guy is doing pull-ups. The text shows him asking ChatGPT for help doing pull ups. The response, as printed on the ad, generously typed by me for your convenience:
8-Week Pull-up Progression plan Weekly Schedule
- Day 1 - Strength focus
- Day 2 - Rest or light activity
- Day 3 - Volume focus.
- Day 4 - Core and mobility.
- Day 5- Full-body strength (optional).
Core exercises
- Negative pull-ups - 3x5 (5-10 seconds).
- Assisted pull-ups (bands or a machine) - 3x6-10.
- Inverted rows (under a bar) - 3x8-12.
- Lat pull-downs (if gym access) - 3x10-12.
- Dead hangs - 3x30 seconds
Supporting Work
- Core - Hanging leg raises, planks, and hollow holds.
- Biceps - Hammer curls and chin-ups
- Grip - Farmer's carries and towel hangs
- Mobility - Scapular shrugs and shoulder abduction.
Tips for Faster Progress
- Do pull-ups when fresh.
- Track your reps weekly.
- Protein and calories matter
Wow, great advice. If I knew what a hammer curl was, I probably wouldn't need your advice that "calories matter." Also what does 3x6-10 mean? Reps, sets, and ....?
Day 1, "strength focus" what the hell does that mean? You don't say what strength focus is. You only provided core exercises. How come hanging leg raises and planks from supporting work aren't listed in the core exercises? If day 2 is a rest day, then what are days 6 and 7?
Like what is the plan? Do they hope you don't even read the text? Is that why it scrolls so fast?
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Good.
Damn it. I think maybe this time it is. Dunno for real, but charts might be going for it.
EDIT: Narrator: It wasn't.
Oh guys, don't be silly. Just ask the chatbot, it knows what to do!
Then our weirdo creep peeking-tom pervert overlords in Silicon Valley will have their infinite magic money pit and they'll finally get real buff and get cool hairstyles and they'll be popular and all the girls will think they're really cool!
Gosh, I'm so excited for little Mark Zuckerberg to get his first kiss. Maybe then he can fuck off to space forever.
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