One can only hope, I can't wait to see it all burn. All those shitty AI companies can go to hell as far as I'm concerned, they add no value to my life whatsoever.
Can you explain why you feel that way? Because in my mind (as a 31-year old that posted lots of cringe things on Facebook back in the day when I was a kid) I don't necessarily think this is a bad thing but maybe I'm wrong?
There's plenty of countries (in Europe or elsewhere) where Americans are still welcome. Here in the Netherlands we have quite a American community and we like having them, as long as they're not maga crazies.
I think they're too far in the hole at this point. Even the bottomless goon profit pit isn't gonna save them from oblivion unless they magically invent a way to make AI a lot better. And deservedly so.
I think that people with access to higher education who also have constant access to world news is bound to lead to people not wanting to put their kids through it. If you compare that to someone who barely has access to the internet and whose main focus is trying to feed their family and it's a whole different situation. Humans need meaning in their lives and in western societies this has been waning for a while now.
Bro... condemning them is such a low bar and these ass politicians here are not even willing to take that step. It takes almost 0 effort and is very low risk. We have territories that "belong" to the Netherlands close by that are afraid of what's going on with their neighbor and you won't even speak up about it. Weak.
I agree, uncle Bob does not need AI to make a video of a polar bear shooting an RPG into a house after ringing the door bell. My main issue with AI is that it's so publicly available that people have started using it for the dumbest shit. Why do you need to constantly ask it stuff? People are truly being ridiculous about it, I have lots of coworkers who barely even write their own emails anymore... I'm even starting to wonder what they do during the day.
There's great use cases for AI, especially in medicine and other fields. But for commercial use it's basically useless besides being a gimmick.
I really love that Bo Burnham song about country songs, ever since I heard that it's all I can hear when listening to country now. So many of the popular country songs follow that format almost exactly, it's insane...
I have (idle) hopes that most of the losses will fall on the people that created this mess. I know that's not what happened in 2008 but one can hope. I'm not into stocks myself so I hope I would be safe when it happens but you never know, I was too young in 2008 to see/feel the full effects of it happening. Maybe I'd be screwed too. But I'd honestly take a few years of things being shitty over the nonsense what's happening now. I got through covid, I'm sure this would be manageable too, especially since I live in Europe.
I honestly can't wait for the bubble to pop. There are some very niche use cases where AI can provide actual benefits but overall it's been such a slopfest. And companies keep trying to force it into everything, even when it makes their product infinitely worse. So damn annoying.
I'm one of them, my Cpu and motherboard are both almost 10 years old. I updated most other parts but don't want to mess around with those core parts in fear of damaging something.
At the moment I'm either considering finally making the jump to a new case, motherboard and Cpu with the parts I replaced over the years or I will buy a steam machine.
It's starting to sound like some republican senators are actually standing up to him at times. You can question their motivations but it's something I guess. I hope the vote for the Epstein files makes it all the way to his desk and then he has no choice. Release them and have everyone read about how guilty he is, or not release them and have everyone know that he's guilty and hiding his crimes.
I can't wait for it to crash and burn, this bubble is getting so ridiculous.