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[-] givesomefucks@lemmy.world 12 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

The big corporations desperately want AI to be popular because they've thrown literally insane amounts of money at it and still don't know how to monetize it.

There's going to be a huge push to make it seem like everyone loves it and it's weird not to use it constantly

It's going to go horribly and come off like that "fellow kids" meme, exactly like this headline

[-] salacious_coaster@infosec.pub 3 points 2 weeks ago

I'm already seeing a surge of AI simp trolls on Lemmy in the last few days.

[-] givesomefucks@lemmy.world 1 points 2 weeks ago

Ironically enough they're the same trolls as the vegan drama.

They don't care about the topic, they just want to troll and they've been up/device banned from all the major social media, so they'll always be here

[-] criss_cross@lemmy.world 2 points 2 weeks ago

MBA dweebs running VC firms wanna desperately replace people with AI for short term profits.

[-] Canconda@lemmy.ca 2 points 2 weeks ago

still don't know how to monetize it.

They do know how to monetize it. API access generated $1Billion in 2023. There's also huge R&D potential in fields like genetic research and medicine.

Profitability is another question though. Likely we're waiting for advances in cold fusion or late stage renewable development for energy costs to go down enough.

[-] Warl0k3@lemmy.world 6 points 2 weeks ago

AI having to wait on cold fusion for profitability is one of the funnier concepts I've heard today, thank you.

[-] zildjiandrummer1@lemmy.world 0 points 2 weeks ago
[-] Warl0k3@lemmy.world 3 points 2 weeks ago

I know, I regularly sleep with one of the researchers involved with several similar pojects (aren't I cool). Fascinating stuff though! Very much not comparable to commercial LLMs, though.

[-] cygnus@lemmy.ca 5 points 2 weeks ago

They do know how to monetize it. API access generated $1Billion in 2023.

And all that $1B revenue cost them was a $5B loss! https://www.wheresyoured.at/howmuchmoney/

[-] Canconda@lemmy.ca 2 points 2 weeks ago

Yes my second paragraph alleged as much. Not that you read that far of course.

[-] AmidFuror@fedia.io 3 points 2 weeks ago

Ironically he could have asked AI to summarize it.

[-] Canconda@lemmy.ca 0 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

Thank you.

As much as I hate AI... I think I hate the people who hate AI more lol

[-] givesomefucks@lemmy.world 3 points 2 weeks ago

People pay for the "premium" because they believe the makers who said it can increase their profitability and make them money.

My employer keeps trying to shove it down our throats too.

They're desperate to find anyway to make it reduce work, be cause they've already paid for it under the assumption it would let them cut staffing

Now they're finding out they got swindled, do you think they'll re-up on AI?

The AI companies offloaded how to monetize it to consumers and scared them into being left behind unless they discovered how to use it.

It's a short term bubble.

[-] zildjiandrummer1@lemmy.world -1 points 2 weeks ago

AI in this form has been used for like 15 years, to generate trillions of dollars worth of value. I think you're just talking specifically about ChatGPT and consumer-facing LLMs.

[-] givesomefucks@lemmy.world 5 points 2 weeks ago

AI in this form has been used for like 15 years, to generate trillions of dollars worth of value

Suuuuuuuuuuure it has....

[-] nyan@lemmy.cafe 2 points 2 weeks ago

He's probablly talking about shareholder "value", AKA inflated stock prices, rather than actual value.

[-] zildjiandrummer1@lemmy.world -3 points 2 weeks ago

lol ok. I've literally done it. Please, go enlighten yourself on google.

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