▲ 183 ▼ The AI that we'll have after AI (Doctorow) (pluralistic.net) submitted 1 year ago by Curmuffin@fedia.io to c/technology@lemmy.world 82 comments fedilink hide all child comments When the AI bubble pops, what will remain? Cheap GPUs at firesale prices, skilled applied statisticians looking for work, and open source models that already do impressive things, but will grow far more impressive after being optimized:
[–] db2@lemmy.world 51 points 1 year ago (18 children) Please let the pop take the tech bros with it. permalink fedilink source hideshow 18 child comments replies: [–] frongt@lemmy.zip 48 points 1 year ago (15 children) They'll move on to the next big thing, just like they did after bitcoin. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 15 child comments replies: [–] oxysis@lemmy.blahaj.zone 32 points 1 year ago (10 children) And after NFTs, blockchain, the metaverse and so on permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 10 child comments replies: [–] Valmond@lemmy.world 9 points 1 year ago (7 children) I'd love a gang of nerds doing the real metaverse, like Gibson showed us. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 7 child comments replies: [–] CIA_chatbot@lemmy.world 11 points 1 year ago (5 children) Yea but it comes with all the other stuff in Gibsons books permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 5 child comments replies: [–] Valmond@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago (4 children) All that other stuff comes already, but I do not see it create the metaverse. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] jodanlime@midwest.social 3 points 1 year ago (3 children) Let's stop giving meta credit. Metaverse is a shit name anyway. Cyberspace is cooler and it's still not that cool. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 3 child comments replies: [–] Valmond@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago (2 children) The metaverse is awesome, invented in the book Snowcrash from 1992. Its by Neal Stephenson, not Gibson, my mistake. Facebook just stole the name and are making some crap. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] jodanlime@midwest.social 2 points 1 year ago (1 child) Ok, fair point about it being in Snow Crash. I can forgive it a little bit now. I still don't love the name, and I think we should come up with something better for the eventual fediverse version of the same idea. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] Valmond@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago Yeah the name was cheesy even back then IMO but the concept was fantastic. permalink fedilink source parent [–] Truscape@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 points 1 year ago VRchat, the OpenXR format, and custom-built/3d printed VR headsets come to mind. permalink fedilink source parent [–] NotSteve_@piefed.ca 2 points 1 year ago (1 child) The metaverse was/is the stupidest thing ever. They couldn't even sell it to the average person. I'm into tech but even I can barely describe what its supposed to be. Is it just VR? VR office work? 🤷 permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] architect@thelemmy.club 1 point 1 year ago Fucking ready player one, so yea. VR office work you can go to a mall in with ads. permalink fedilink source parent [–] prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 point 1 year ago* (1 child) What if we were pro-active, and trapped them by creating some bullshit "next big thing" and then just pocket all of their cash when they invest. "You thought your money was going towards a space elevator, but little did you know, you've been single-handedly housing and feeding the population of six US cities!! Muahahahahahah!" permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] architect@thelemmy.club 1 point 1 year ago Diabolical. permalink fedilink source parent [+] FaceDeer@fedia.io -16 points 1 year ago (1 child) How dare those awful people keep trying new things. The Internet was perfect in the 1950s and we should stick with it being exactly the same way forever. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] frezik@lemmy.blahaj.zone 4 points 1 year ago Their "new things" have created a bubble that will chop the head off the US economy, and at the same time is directly propping up a fascist in the White House. Fuck them. I'd rather the Internet be frozen the way it was in 2006 than deal with this shit. permalink fedilink source parent [–] fibojoly@sh.itjust.works 3 points 1 year ago I'm visualising that scene from IT Crowd with the boss stepping out the window... permalink fedilink source parent [–] bursaar@lemmy.world 1 point 1 year ago I wish. I suspect the mega-billionaires will be absolutely fine. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] frongt@lemmy.zip 48 points 1 year ago (15 children) They'll move on to the next big thing, just like they did after bitcoin. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 15 child comments replies: [–] oxysis@lemmy.blahaj.zone 32 points 1 year ago (10 children) And after NFTs, blockchain, the metaverse and so on permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 10 child comments replies: [–] Valmond@lemmy.world 9 points 1 year ago (7 children) I'd love a gang of nerds doing the real metaverse, like Gibson showed us. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 7 child comments replies: [–] CIA_chatbot@lemmy.world 11 points 1 year ago (5 children) Yea but it comes with all the other stuff in Gibsons books permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 5 child comments replies: [–] Valmond@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago (4 children) All that other stuff comes already, but I do not see it create the metaverse. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] jodanlime@midwest.social 3 points 1 year ago (3 children) Let's stop giving meta credit. Metaverse is a shit name anyway. Cyberspace is cooler and it's still not that cool. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 3 child comments replies: [–] Valmond@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago (2 children) The metaverse is awesome, invented in the book Snowcrash from 1992. Its by Neal Stephenson, not Gibson, my mistake. Facebook just stole the name and are making some crap. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] jodanlime@midwest.social 2 points 1 year ago (1 child) Ok, fair point about it being in Snow Crash. I can forgive it a little bit now. I still don't love the name, and I think we should come up with something better for the eventual fediverse version of the same idea. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] Valmond@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago Yeah the name was cheesy even back then IMO but the concept was fantastic. permalink fedilink source parent [–] Truscape@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 points 1 year ago VRchat, the OpenXR format, and custom-built/3d printed VR headsets come to mind. permalink fedilink source parent [–] NotSteve_@piefed.ca 2 points 1 year ago (1 child) The metaverse was/is the stupidest thing ever. They couldn't even sell it to the average person. I'm into tech but even I can barely describe what its supposed to be. Is it just VR? VR office work? 🤷 permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] architect@thelemmy.club 1 point 1 year ago Fucking ready player one, so yea. VR office work you can go to a mall in with ads. permalink fedilink source parent [–] prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 point 1 year ago* (1 child) What if we were pro-active, and trapped them by creating some bullshit "next big thing" and then just pocket all of their cash when they invest. "You thought your money was going towards a space elevator, but little did you know, you've been single-handedly housing and feeding the population of six US cities!! Muahahahahahah!" permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] architect@thelemmy.club 1 point 1 year ago Diabolical. permalink fedilink source parent [+] FaceDeer@fedia.io -16 points 1 year ago (1 child) How dare those awful people keep trying new things. The Internet was perfect in the 1950s and we should stick with it being exactly the same way forever. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] frezik@lemmy.blahaj.zone 4 points 1 year ago Their "new things" have created a bubble that will chop the head off the US economy, and at the same time is directly propping up a fascist in the White House. Fuck them. I'd rather the Internet be frozen the way it was in 2006 than deal with this shit. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] oxysis@lemmy.blahaj.zone 32 points 1 year ago (10 children) And after NFTs, blockchain, the metaverse and so on permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 10 child comments replies: [–] Valmond@lemmy.world 9 points 1 year ago (7 children) I'd love a gang of nerds doing the real metaverse, like Gibson showed us. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 7 child comments replies: [–] CIA_chatbot@lemmy.world 11 points 1 year ago (5 children) Yea but it comes with all the other stuff in Gibsons books permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 5 child comments replies: [–] Valmond@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago (4 children) All that other stuff comes already, but I do not see it create the metaverse. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] jodanlime@midwest.social 3 points 1 year ago (3 children) Let's stop giving meta credit. Metaverse is a shit name anyway. Cyberspace is cooler and it's still not that cool. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 3 child comments replies: [–] Valmond@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago (2 children) The metaverse is awesome, invented in the book Snowcrash from 1992. Its by Neal Stephenson, not Gibson, my mistake. Facebook just stole the name and are making some crap. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] jodanlime@midwest.social 2 points 1 year ago (1 child) Ok, fair point about it being in Snow Crash. I can forgive it a little bit now. I still don't love the name, and I think we should come up with something better for the eventual fediverse version of the same idea. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] Valmond@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago Yeah the name was cheesy even back then IMO but the concept was fantastic. permalink fedilink source parent [–] Truscape@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 points 1 year ago VRchat, the OpenXR format, and custom-built/3d printed VR headsets come to mind. permalink fedilink source parent [–] NotSteve_@piefed.ca 2 points 1 year ago (1 child) The metaverse was/is the stupidest thing ever. They couldn't even sell it to the average person. I'm into tech but even I can barely describe what its supposed to be. Is it just VR? VR office work? 🤷 permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] architect@thelemmy.club 1 point 1 year ago Fucking ready player one, so yea. VR office work you can go to a mall in with ads. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Valmond@lemmy.world 9 points 1 year ago (7 children) I'd love a gang of nerds doing the real metaverse, like Gibson showed us. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 7 child comments replies: [–] CIA_chatbot@lemmy.world 11 points 1 year ago (5 children) Yea but it comes with all the other stuff in Gibsons books permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 5 child comments replies: [–] Valmond@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago (4 children) All that other stuff comes already, but I do not see it create the metaverse. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] jodanlime@midwest.social 3 points 1 year ago (3 children) Let's stop giving meta credit. Metaverse is a shit name anyway. Cyberspace is cooler and it's still not that cool. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 3 child comments replies: [–] Valmond@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago (2 children) The metaverse is awesome, invented in the book Snowcrash from 1992. Its by Neal Stephenson, not Gibson, my mistake. Facebook just stole the name and are making some crap. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] jodanlime@midwest.social 2 points 1 year ago (1 child) Ok, fair point about it being in Snow Crash. I can forgive it a little bit now. I still don't love the name, and I think we should come up with something better for the eventual fediverse version of the same idea. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] Valmond@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago Yeah the name was cheesy even back then IMO but the concept was fantastic. permalink fedilink source parent [–] Truscape@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 points 1 year ago VRchat, the OpenXR format, and custom-built/3d printed VR headsets come to mind. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] CIA_chatbot@lemmy.world 11 points 1 year ago (5 children) Yea but it comes with all the other stuff in Gibsons books permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 5 child comments replies: [–] Valmond@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago (4 children) All that other stuff comes already, but I do not see it create the metaverse. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] jodanlime@midwest.social 3 points 1 year ago (3 children) Let's stop giving meta credit. Metaverse is a shit name anyway. Cyberspace is cooler and it's still not that cool. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 3 child comments replies: [–] Valmond@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago (2 children) The metaverse is awesome, invented in the book Snowcrash from 1992. Its by Neal Stephenson, not Gibson, my mistake. Facebook just stole the name and are making some crap. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] jodanlime@midwest.social 2 points 1 year ago (1 child) Ok, fair point about it being in Snow Crash. I can forgive it a little bit now. I still don't love the name, and I think we should come up with something better for the eventual fediverse version of the same idea. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] Valmond@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago Yeah the name was cheesy even back then IMO but the concept was fantastic. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Valmond@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago (4 children) All that other stuff comes already, but I do not see it create the metaverse. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] jodanlime@midwest.social 3 points 1 year ago (3 children) Let's stop giving meta credit. Metaverse is a shit name anyway. Cyberspace is cooler and it's still not that cool. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 3 child comments replies: [–] Valmond@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago (2 children) The metaverse is awesome, invented in the book Snowcrash from 1992. Its by Neal Stephenson, not Gibson, my mistake. Facebook just stole the name and are making some crap. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] jodanlime@midwest.social 2 points 1 year ago (1 child) Ok, fair point about it being in Snow Crash. I can forgive it a little bit now. I still don't love the name, and I think we should come up with something better for the eventual fediverse version of the same idea. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] Valmond@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago Yeah the name was cheesy even back then IMO but the concept was fantastic. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] jodanlime@midwest.social 3 points 1 year ago (3 children) Let's stop giving meta credit. Metaverse is a shit name anyway. Cyberspace is cooler and it's still not that cool. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 3 child comments replies: [–] Valmond@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago (2 children) The metaverse is awesome, invented in the book Snowcrash from 1992. Its by Neal Stephenson, not Gibson, my mistake. Facebook just stole the name and are making some crap. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] jodanlime@midwest.social 2 points 1 year ago (1 child) Ok, fair point about it being in Snow Crash. I can forgive it a little bit now. I still don't love the name, and I think we should come up with something better for the eventual fediverse version of the same idea. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] Valmond@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago Yeah the name was cheesy even back then IMO but the concept was fantastic. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Valmond@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago (2 children) The metaverse is awesome, invented in the book Snowcrash from 1992. Its by Neal Stephenson, not Gibson, my mistake. Facebook just stole the name and are making some crap. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] jodanlime@midwest.social 2 points 1 year ago (1 child) Ok, fair point about it being in Snow Crash. I can forgive it a little bit now. I still don't love the name, and I think we should come up with something better for the eventual fediverse version of the same idea. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] Valmond@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago Yeah the name was cheesy even back then IMO but the concept was fantastic. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] jodanlime@midwest.social 2 points 1 year ago (1 child) Ok, fair point about it being in Snow Crash. I can forgive it a little bit now. I still don't love the name, and I think we should come up with something better for the eventual fediverse version of the same idea. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] Valmond@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago Yeah the name was cheesy even back then IMO but the concept was fantastic. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Valmond@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago Yeah the name was cheesy even back then IMO but the concept was fantastic. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Truscape@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 points 1 year ago VRchat, the OpenXR format, and custom-built/3d printed VR headsets come to mind. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] NotSteve_@piefed.ca 2 points 1 year ago (1 child) The metaverse was/is the stupidest thing ever. They couldn't even sell it to the average person. I'm into tech but even I can barely describe what its supposed to be. Is it just VR? VR office work? 🤷 permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] architect@thelemmy.club 1 point 1 year ago Fucking ready player one, so yea. VR office work you can go to a mall in with ads. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] architect@thelemmy.club 1 point 1 year ago Fucking ready player one, so yea. VR office work you can go to a mall in with ads. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 point 1 year ago* (1 child) What if we were pro-active, and trapped them by creating some bullshit "next big thing" and then just pocket all of their cash when they invest. "You thought your money was going towards a space elevator, but little did you know, you've been single-handedly housing and feeding the population of six US cities!! Muahahahahahah!" permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] architect@thelemmy.club 1 point 1 year ago Diabolical. permalink fedilink source parent
[+] FaceDeer@fedia.io -16 points 1 year ago (1 child) How dare those awful people keep trying new things. The Internet was perfect in the 1950s and we should stick with it being exactly the same way forever. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] frezik@lemmy.blahaj.zone 4 points 1 year ago Their "new things" have created a bubble that will chop the head off the US economy, and at the same time is directly propping up a fascist in the White House. Fuck them. I'd rather the Internet be frozen the way it was in 2006 than deal with this shit. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] frezik@lemmy.blahaj.zone 4 points 1 year ago Their "new things" have created a bubble that will chop the head off the US economy, and at the same time is directly propping up a fascist in the White House. Fuck them. I'd rather the Internet be frozen the way it was in 2006 than deal with this shit. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] fibojoly@sh.itjust.works 3 points 1 year ago I'm visualising that scene from IT Crowd with the boss stepping out the window... permalink fedilink source parent
[–] bursaar@lemmy.world 1 point 1 year ago I wish. I suspect the mega-billionaires will be absolutely fine. permalink fedilink source parent