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Crypto or AI?

nottorp 1y ago
Rust :) Seriously speaking, they don't need to name "it" because all they've written applies equally to whatever the latest mass hysteria is about.
- latexr 1y ago
  Patently not true. Pokémon Go, for example, wouldn’t fit several of the points. > The inevitable, dehumanising consequence of it. > Rubbish in and rubbish out of it. > Nobody asked for it, and nobody wants it. > A thousand no’s, but ‘yes’ when shareholders start clamouring for it. > A decommissioned nuclear power station required to power it. > Not to mention millions of gallons of water required to cool it.
  - nottorp 1y ago
    I and the article are talking about the serious techy hysterias that will make you BILLIONS if you only got into them in time. Not some measly free to play gambling app.
    - latexr 1y ago
      The article is clearly talking specifically about AI, you’re the one generalising it. > A decommissioned nuclear power station required to power it. How many tech hysterias fit that?
      - nottorp 1y ago
        If it's decommissioned it doesn't provide any power does it?
        latexr 1y ago
        Obviously it’s referring to its reactivation. https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2024/sep/20/three-mile-island-nuclear-plant-reopen-microsoft https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2024/sep/20/three-mi... What the heck did you think that line meant? How would a reactor not producing power be used to power anything? But even if it were unable to provide any power, which would have made absolutely no sense, it still wouldn’t have supported your point. It’s obvious the article is talking about the specific case of AI and not tech hysterias in general.
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worldsayshi 1y ago
Or doom-scroll algorithms? Back when cryptocurrencies and especially ethereum was new I had similar feelings for it like I have for Gen AI now. I feel that it has this enormous potential if we use it in reasonable and down-to-earth ways. With cryptocurrencies the uses turned out to be all but reasonable. I still have a feeling that ethereum could be quite useful but I wouldn't touch that industry with a ten foot pole.
gatinsama 1y ago
It's AI. 100%
sidcool 1y ago
Brainrot?

Crypto or AI?

Rust :) Seriously speaking, they don't need to name "it" because all they've written applies equally to whatever the latest mass hysteria is about.

latexr 1y ago
Patently not true. Pokémon Go, for example, wouldn’t fit several of the points. > The inevitable, dehumanising consequence of it. > Rubbish in and rubbish out of it. > Nobody asked for it, and nobody wants it. > A thousand no’s, but ‘yes’ when shareholders start clamouring for it. > A decommissioned nuclear power station required to power it. > Not to mention millions of gallons of water required to cool it.
- nottorp 1y ago
  I and the article are talking about the serious techy hysterias that will make you BILLIONS if you only got into them in time. Not some measly free to play gambling app.
  - latexr 1y ago
    The article is clearly talking specifically about AI, you’re the one generalising it. > A decommissioned nuclear power station required to power it. How many tech hysterias fit that?
    - nottorp 1y ago
      If it's decommissioned it doesn't provide any power does it?
      - latexr 1y ago
        Obviously it’s referring to its reactivation. https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2024/sep/20/three-mile-island-nuclear-plant-reopen-microsoft https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2024/sep/20/three-mi... What the heck did you think that line meant? How would a reactor not producing power be used to power anything? But even if it were unable to provide any power, which would have made absolutely no sense, it still wouldn’t have supported your point. It’s obvious the article is talking about the specific case of AI and not tech hysterias in general.
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worldsayshi 1y ago

Or doom-scroll algorithms? Back when cryptocurrencies and especially ethereum was new I had similar feelings for it like I have for Gen AI now. I feel that it has this enormous potential if we use it in reasonable and down-to-earth ways. With cryptocurrencies the uses turned out to be all but reasonable. I still have a feeling that ethereum could be quite useful but I wouldn't touch that industry with a ten foot pole.

gatinsama 1y ago

It's AI. 100%

sidcool 1y ago

Brainrot?