When this particular bubble bursts, it's gonna make one helluva bang.
this post was submitted on 05 Jan 2025
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I worry we're going to reach a point where we're too far down the rabbit hole and the million and billionaire class that's heavily invested in the fantasy will just not accept their bad bet.
Well they sure have no qualms wrecking the very fabric of society and enshittifying everything trying to recoup their investment in job-busting technology.
I was around for the DotCom Bust, stocking popcorn as we speak
So was I. It was nothing compared to what's to come with AI.
So honest question: Has Microsoft already lost 80 billion? Do they plan/forecast this loss soon? I feel like all these companies announcing HUGE investments are actually just announcing that they have already lost this money and will just use the bubble busting as a way to legally write it off.
MS has, unfortunately, put vast quantities of time and effort into AI, to the detriment of their core offerings. Many of those offerings were already on a long-term downward slope and could have really used extra investment to bring them back to par.
Microsoft Teams sucks.
Microsoft Teams sucks, now with AI!
Microsoft ~~Teams~~ sucks.
Microsoft ~~Teams~~ sucks, now with AI!
Thank you for correcting me!
Hey, GitHub Copilot is decent.
And we're funding all of this via the monopoly like rents of most American technology companies.
Lots of negative comments here towards AI. Just curious, do you guys use it currently?
My work got me a perplexity pro subscription and it has honestly made me more productive. They've also rolled out some AI analysis features in some basic simulation SW I use and it saves time. Granted it's a very narrow focus.
I use local LLM as an elaborate spell/style checker.
I also use ML upscaling for older (SD, 720p) and lower quality videos. Generally works very well, albeit it can be very fiddly and some more difficult content can require many passes and tweaks.
Was anyone actually surprised though?