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In reply to the discussion: I'm Going to Make a Huge Prediction [View all]TBF
(37,121 posts)27. My son in college just shrugs and says it's a tool -
he's an economics major at a major public university where they are incorporating AI into their studies - in terms of "this is how we can use AI'. And they are very explicitly banning it from classes like beginning Comp Sci, where you really do need to learn to code rather than ask AI to do it for you.
I recall when it was 1999 and people were convinced things were going to blow up when the clock turned to 2000 - I feel like the same kind of hype has happened with AI. I think it will continue to improve, some will continue to use it, but it's not going to be taking over the planet anytime soon.
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Good advice. As an IT person, I trust you far more than many others sprouting this nonsense about AI etc. It
SWBTATTReg
17 hrs ago
#6
The dot com bubble didnt kill the internet any more than this one will kill AI.
yowzayowzayowza
16 hrs ago
#18
I think humans are learning faster than AI: for example, many of us can now recognize AI fake pics /videos very quickly.
C Moon
17 hrs ago
#15
Man, I hope your right. My techi relative thinks it's gonna take over the world
Joinfortmill
16 hrs ago
#16
Ed Zitron's done some of the best writing on this flawed, heavily subsidized tech and the bubble it's created.
highplainsdem
16 hrs ago
#24
No worries about noise. When data centers gobble up all the water and farmers can't irrigate fields
Attilatheblond
15 hrs ago
#50
I am in southern part of AZ. And idiot county officials STILL promote data centers
Attilatheblond
10 hrs ago
#61
As I have said elsewhere this looks exactly like the excessive speculation I saw when the internet was ramping up
Ford_Prefect
15 hrs ago
#35
Thomas Edison new well the potential of new technology even in the face of its opposition.
Ol Janx Spirit
15 hrs ago
#36