Edward Zitron is always a fun read. Looking forward to checking out this post when I get back home.
The Phony Comforts of AI Optimism.
Submitted 1 week ago by Tea@programming.dev to technology@lemmy.world
https://www.wheresyoured.at/optimistic-cowardice/
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Alphane_Moon@lemmy.world 1 week ago
homesweethomeMrL@lemmy.world 1 week ago
OpenAI is CoreWeave. CoreWeave is OpenAI. SoftBank is now both CoreWeave and OpenAI, and if SoftBank buckles, both CoreWeave and OpenAI are dead. For this situation to work even for the next year, these companies will have to raise tens of billions of dollars just to maintain the status quo.
You’d think if that was easily disprovable, someone would want to do that.
KingThrillgore@lemmy.ml 1 week ago
The general sense I get is that Casey Newton is one of the biggest ass kissers at The Verge.
BertramDitore@lemm.ee 1 week ago
Casey Newton founded Platformer, after leaving The Verge around 5 years ago. But yeah, I used to listen to Hard Fork, his podcast with Kevin Roose, but I stopped because of how uncritically they cover AI and LLMs. It’s basically the only thing they cover, and yet they are quite gullible and not really realistic about the whole industry. They land some amazing interviews with key players, but never ask hard questions or dive nearly deep enough, so they end up sounding pretty fluffy as ass-kissy. I totally agree with Zitron’s take on their reporting. I constantly found myself wishing they were a lot more cynical and combative.
homesweethomeMrL@lemmy.world 1 week ago
Amazing, as always. That AI is . . . what it is.