It’s always hard to predict the future, but the two things I find impossible to disbelieve are:
1. blue collar workers will be negatively impacted by the simultaneous contraction of white collar businesses/workers as clientele and the sudden influx of people more desperate than them into their workforce.
2. the voices that seek a proactive solution to this will never be as loud, aggressive, or organized as the voices that will try to turn workers against each other.
Re: One giant leap
Posted: Sun May 26, 2024 11:50 pm
by 96583UP
yep fair enough
prostitution is the only safe path
Re: One giant leap
Posted: Mon May 27, 2024 6:21 pm
by E.H. Ruddock
McParadigm wrote:I find impossible to disbelieve are:
My hangover this morning prevented me from quickly deciphering this part of your sentence.
Re: One giant leap
Posted: Tue May 28, 2024 11:48 am
by Bi_3
McParadigm wrote:It’s always hard to predict the future, but the two things I find impossible to disbelieve are:
1. blue collar workers will be negatively impacted by the simultaneous contraction of white collar businesses/workers as clientele and the sudden influx of people more desperate than them into their workforce.
2. the voices that seek a proactive solution to this will never be as loud, aggressive, or organized as the voices that will try to turn workers against each other.
Not to sound like a borken record here but I suspect the last decade of intersectional policy in the public and private sectors put the nail in that coffin.
Re: One giant leap
Posted: Tue May 28, 2024 9:17 pm
by BurtReynolds
Re: One giant leap
Posted: Tue May 28, 2024 11:51 pm
by Simple Torture
BurtReynolds wrote:
All self-driving cars need Connecticut drivers’ licenses?
Re: One giant leap
Posted: Wed May 29, 2024 3:00 am
by spike
McParadigm wrote:It’s always hard to predict the future, but the two things I find impossible to disbelieve are:
1. blue collar workers will be negatively impacted by the simultaneous contraction of white collar businesses/workers as clientele and the sudden influx of people more desperate than them into their workforce.
2. the voices that seek a proactive solution to this will never be as loud, aggressive, or organized as the voices that will try to turn workers against each other.
we need to hardcode AI with the need to shit. that's what saves the future.
I remember those ads back then. Pretty wild they’ve all come true.
They should have added:
“Have you ever argued about drum sounds on a rock album for two months with a few dozen people from around the world. You will!”
“Have you ever thought that Star Wars would ever suck? You will!”
Re: One giant leap
Posted: Mon June 24, 2024 3:41 am
by BurtReynolds
Seems like the only thing they got wrong was the fact that AT&T didn't bring us any of those things.
Re: One giant leap
Posted: Mon June 24, 2024 4:48 pm
by blueviper
BurtReynolds wrote:Seems like the only thing they got wrong was the fact that AT&T didn't bring us any of those things.
they were too busy changing their logo and deciding if they wanted upper or lower case letters
Re: One giant leap
Posted: Mon June 24, 2024 4:49 pm
by contamination
That video reminds me of this, also from 1993:
Re: One giant leap
Posted: Mon June 24, 2024 4:58 pm
by tragabigzanda
FUCK ICE
Re: One giant leap
Posted: Wed June 26, 2024 6:58 pm
by Bi_3
!!!NSFW!!!
Re: One giant leap
Posted: Wed June 26, 2024 7:06 pm
by BurtReynolds
My innermost feelings set to music.
Re: One giant leap
Posted: Wed June 26, 2024 7:12 pm
by Bi_3
BurtReynolds wrote:My innermost feelings set to music.
Re: One giant leap
Posted: Sat July 06, 2024 8:03 am
by contamination
I thought there were supposed to be more efficient algorithms that would solve all the AI energy consumption problems. Well it sure doesn't look like it at the moment:
The abstract here (link is from that same article) https://arxiv.org/abs/2304.03271 about the AI water usage is also pretty worrying. I wonder if and how that has changed since the article was published:
The growing carbon footprint of artificial intelligence (AI) models, especially large ones such as GPT-3, has been undergoing public scrutiny. Unfortunately, however, the equally important and enormous water (withdrawal and consumption) footprint of AI models has remained under the radar. For example, training GPT-3 in Microsoft's state-of-the-art U.S. data centers can directly evaporate 700,000 liters of clean freshwater, but such information has been kept a secret. More critically, the global AI demand may be accountable for 4.2 -- 6.6 billion cubic meters of water withdrawal in 2027, which is more than the total annual water withdrawal of 4 -- 6 Denmark or half of the United Kingdom. This is very concerning, as freshwater scarcity has become one of the most pressing challenges shared by all of us in the wake of the rapidly growing population, depleting water resources, and aging water infrastructures. To respond to the global water challenges, AI models can, and also must, take social responsibility and lead by example by addressing their own water footprint. In this paper, we provide a principled methodology to estimate the water footprint of AI models, and also discuss the unique spatial-temporal diversities of AI models' runtime water efficiency. Finally, we highlight the necessity of holistically addressing water footprint along with carbon footprint to enable truly sustainable AI.
Re: One giant leap
Posted: Sat July 06, 2024 1:31 pm
by BurtReynolds
With all the money they are burning through (for what is essentially search, but dumber), I don't see how all this survives once the hype dies down. But the hype can last a long time I guess.
Re: One giant leap
Posted: Sat July 06, 2024 1:43 pm
by E.H. Ruddock
BurtReynolds wrote:for what is essentially search, but dumber.
