The AI hype is starting to make a lot more sense. AI is just how Musk and other leading techbros experience the world right now.Consider this: Elon Musk doesn't do any work. He has people for that. All he has to do is give those people vaguely-worded instructions or "prompts" and they come back with the thing he wanted. He doesn't know how they do it, nor does he care. If something doesn't work the way he wants it to or doesn't meet his specifications, he supplies his people with a more specific prompt. That's how he "works"
edit: from @mcc in comments:
And they're terrified of AGI "getting out of control", I.E., the faceless entities that the prompts are attached to suddenly acting independently and making demands instead of just passively returning requested thing on demand.All that nonsense stuff about accidentally creating computer hell god is just sublimated fear about their employees unionizing
I'd like to make an addition: this take isn't wrong, per se, it's a good explanation of how the CEO brain rot works, but to understand why AI is getting so popular -- much with NFT and pretty much anything else in the world of finance -- the best way is to follow the money
and the money is flowing directly into big tech companies putting a stranglehold on AI companies with investment that tie them directly into their ecosystems
highly recommend this whole article but, short version: when Google/Microsoft/Amazon invest in an AI company, they require it to exclusively use their servers and services to make those AIs work. therefore any dollar that's burned to make them function (and they require a LOT of money to function) goes directly into the coffers of Google/Microsoft/Amazon.
therefore, part two: AI doesn't need to make money, it just needs to burn money -- money coming from other people investing in AI, because Google/Microsoft/Amazon are trying their hardest to persuade the world that AI is the future.
if you're thinking "isn't that the dictionary definition of a financial bubble," well
yeah
yeah.
