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The hidden cost of Google's AI defaults and the illusion of choice (arstechnica.com)
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Many people are hoping—nay, praying—that the potential AI bubble will burst soon.

But to hear Google tell it, generative AI is the future, and the company’s products have to change to keep up with the technical reality. As a result, Gemini is seeping into every nook and cranny of the Google ecosystem. Generative AI feeds on data, and Google has a lot of your data in products like Gmail and Drive. What does that mean for your privacy, and what happens if you don’t want Gemini peeking over your shoulder? Well, it’s kind of a mess.

The amount of data Gemini retains depends on how you access the AI, and opting out of data collection can mean running straight into so-called “dark patterns,” UI elements that work against the user’s interest.

This is the future?

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[–] fta@lemmy.zip 2 points 3 weeks ago

They are depreciating due to market forces (upgrades), but the data centers and hubs of gpus are infrastructure in a similar way that fiber and rails were in the other bubbles. I think the comparison stands. They all age to some extent, but gpus depreciate in value faster because nvidia is always marketing the next generation, not because they physically degrade that fast.

I say this as someone genially against the rapid construction of new data centers btw.