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What will it mean for the 'AI' bubble to 'pop'? Will it get Copilot off my work computer? (hexbear.net)
submitted 3 days ago by KuroXppi@hexbear.net to c/askchapo@hexbear.net
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When it pops, will the current pervasive LLM and Gen'AI' slop dry up as their companies go under? Will LLM and agentic chatbots be removed from all the apps that have been shoehorning them into everything? Or will just some companies go under, some stocks lose value and people's 401ks are hollowed out

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[–] KuroXppi@hexbear.net 3 points 3 days ago (2 children)

Understood.

As models get more efficient all those data centers are gonna be unnecessary, but they'll only become unnecessary because it's easy to run frontier models on your own phone or whatever.

I've read commentary here that the excess compute will go towards AI analysis for surveillance (to a greater degree than it already is), but I'm guessing there will be many un- and under-utilised data centres. Maybe we can turn them into ice skating rinks, indoor ski slopes and swimming centres after the revolution.

[–] ThermonuclearHoxha@hexbear.net 2 points 3 days ago

I'm guessing there will be many un- and under-utilised data centres.

I would argue that cloud computing is a viable model, and it would be comparatively easy to flip an AI data center for other uses.

[–] hotcouchguy@hexbear.net 1 points 2 days ago

I think the reason all the AI companies want intelligence & defense contracts is a) they can claim they're essential, and should get preferential bailouts, and b) surveillance/intelligence is basically an infinite market for the excess capacity they'll be left with after the crash.