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[-] yogthos@lemmy.ml 64 points 3 months ago

I do think that if OpenAI goes bust that's gonna trigger a market panic that's gonna end the hype cycle.

[-] Assian_Candor@hexbear.net 48 points 3 months ago

Inshallah I am fed up of dealing with these charlatans at work

A solution in search of a problem

[-] hexaflexagonbear@hexbear.net 35 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

I just know the AI hype guys in my dept are gonna get promoted and I'll be the one answering why our Azure costs are astronomical while we have not changed our portfolio size at all lol

[-] hexaflexagonbear@hexbear.net 37 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

My guess for the dynamics: openAI investors panic, force the company to cut costs and increase pricing, other AI company investors panic, same result, AI becomes prohibitively expensive for a lot of use cases ending the hype cycle.

[-] LanyrdSkynrd@hexbear.net 23 points 3 months ago

I think that's the best argument for why the tech industry won't let that happen. All of the big tech stocks are getting a boost from this massive grift.

Worst case scenario one of the tech giants buys them. Then they pare back the expenses and hide it in their balance sheet, and keep everyone thinking AGI is just around the corner.

[-] hexaflexagonbear@hexbear.net 17 points 3 months ago

It's certainly possible, but I don't think any of the tech giants are in a position to do that today. Google, Microsoft, and Amazon are in a cost cutting cycle, Meta's csuite is probably on a short leash after the metaverse boomdoggle. Apple is the most likely one because they're generally behind everyone else across all ML products but especially LLMs, but afaik they're bracing for seeing drops in sales for the first time in 15 years, so buying openAI might be a tough pitch.

[-] Runcible@hexbear.net 13 points 3 months ago

I believe that Microsoft owns a huge portion of OpenAI, like just short of majority stake

[-] yogthos@lemmy.ml 19 points 3 months ago

yeah I think that's very plausible

[-] VeganicTankie@lemmygrad.ml 6 points 3 months ago

Happy Lemmy cake day

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