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[–] 51 points 9 months ago (5 children)

I wonder what the odds are on a government bailout.

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  • [–] 67 points 9 months ago (3 children)

    Considering somewhere around 37% of the stock market is wrapped up in this, I think it's unfortunately high.

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  • [–] 43 points 9 months ago (1 child)

    And the American government is currently interested in enriching oligarchs first and doing what’s right for the country only as an accident.

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  • [–] 4 points 9 months ago

    Definitely. The AI bubble is going to burst, the tech companies are going to demand a bailout, and they're going to get it.

    And, if you thought the Obama bailout of the banks after the 2007/2008 financial crisis was bad, keep in mind, that bailout was done by competent people, many of whom actually took their role as public servants seriously. The AI bubble bailout will be handled by Don Jr. and Big Balls.

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  • [–] 15 points 9 months ago* (2 children)

    loved this, had the logo on a shirt for years that got transformed into a throw pillow cover... wonder when my wife succeeded in throwing it away without me noticing....hmmm

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  • [–] 10 points 9 months ago (2 children)

    Copyright wars? I'm out of the loop

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  • [–] 6 points 9 months ago (1 child)

    I had to look it up.

    https://www.technollama.co.uk/a-short-history-of-the-copyright-wars

    The rise of file sharing, it was a big deal at the time (and the cause of our family PC having about 1000 different types of adware). I didn't realise it had a name. I've never seen that logo though.

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  • [–] 6 points 9 months ago*

    Similarly to how Trump seems like he's maybe (hopefully) overplaying his hand with the speed and brazenness of his authoritarian overreaches, AI companies simply tried to deskill people too quickly to addict them enough to the "the resemblance of skills on an expensive cloud" machine that is AI.

    If they had--like they did with other "platforms"--really addicted the users with something they couldn't get elsewhere for free, allowed them to get comfortable enough to be deskilled, and then done the rug pull they might not be whining right now.

    I think the reason this was different is that the models are just inefficient and resource hungry as shit, and the cost of addicting the users by giving it away for free is just too high.

    That's where the whining comes in. Come on guys....get addicted!

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  • [–] 4 points 9 months ago

    I don't get it.

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  • [–] 4 points 9 months ago

    Hey, you thoughtless piece of shit! How's he going to afford his next private plane if you don't sign up? You're so fucking selfish!

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  • [–] 2 points 9 months ago (4 children)

    Could I ask for explanation?

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  • [–] 2 points 9 months ago (3 children)

    For which part? It’s pretty much all there.

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  • [–] 2 points 9 months ago

    Old quote, same tension between innovation and public trust.

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