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[-] yes_this_time@lemmy.world 1 points 1 day ago

I would bet on LLMs being around and continuing to be useful for some subset of coding in 10 years.

I would not bet my retirement funds on current AI related companies.

[-] expr@programming.dev 2 points 1 day ago

They aren't useful now, but even assuming they were, the fundamental issue is that it's extremely expensive to train and run them, and there is no current inkling of a business model where they actually make sense, financially. You would need to charge far more than what people could actually afford to pay to make them anywhere near profitable. Every AI company is burning through cash at an insane rate. When the bubble pops and the money runs out, no one will want to train and host them anymore for commercial purposes.

[-] yes_this_time@lemmy.world 1 points 1 day ago

They may not be useful to you... but you can't speak for everyone.

You are incorrect on inference costs. But yes training models is expensive and the economics are concerning.

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