Comment on The AI that we'll have after AI (Doctorow)

db2@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

• frongt@lemmy.zip ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  They’ll move on to the next big thing, just like they did after bitcoin.

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  • oxysis@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    And after NFTs, blockchain, the metaverse and so on

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    • Valmond@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

      I’d love a gang of nerds doing the real metaverse, like Gibson showed us.

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      • CIA_chatbot@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

        Yea but it comes with all the other stuff in Gibsons books

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      • Truscape@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

        VRchat, the OpenXR format, and custom-built/3d printed VR headsets come to mind.

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    • NotSteve_@piefed.ca ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

      The metaverse was/is the stupidest thing ever. They couldn’t even sell it to the average person. I’m into tech but even I can barely describe what its supposed to be. Is it just VR? VR office work? 🤷

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  • FaceDeer@fedia.io ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    How dare those awful people keep trying new things. The Internet was perfect in the 1950s and we should stick with it being exactly the same way forever.

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    • frezik@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

      Their “new things” have created a bubble that will chop the head off the US economy, and at the same time is directly propping up a fascist in the White House. Fuck them. I’d rather the Internet be frozen the way it was in 2006 than deal with this shit.

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  • prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    What if we were pro-active, and trapped them by creating some bullshit “next big thing” and then just pocketing all of their cash when they invest

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• fibojoly@sh.itjust.works ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  I’m visualising that scene from IT Crowd with the boss stepping out the window…

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• bursaar@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  I wish. I suspect the mega-billionaires will be absolutely fine.

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