▲ 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:
[–] 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