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Generative AI Is an Engineering Disaster. A shockingly inefficient trillion-dollar project. (www.theatlantic.com)
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[–] 3 points 3 months ago (1 child)

Tokens aren't going to get cheaper. Tokens must get more expensive, and soon. AI companies are making big losses even if you ignore the stratospheric debt for the immemse quantity of hardware.

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  • [–] 1 point 3 months ago

    Yeah you're right they just appear cheaper due to circular financing and some memory improvements. I was trying to steel man my argument into the strongest possible point that still fails to make sense.

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