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lagosfractal42··on Boom, bubble, bust, boom. Why should AI be different?
GPUs have massive applications such as Alphafold, CRISPR, Medical Imaging, Meteorology.

The massive planetary investment is not to make more AI chats that summarize text. That's just short sighted.

lagosfractal42··on Google boss says AI investment boom has 'elements of irrationality'
Instead of checking and sharing it with us you've decided to pass on the burden of proof to us?
lagosfractal42··on I didn't reverse-engineer the protocol for my blood pressure monitor in 24 hours
you missed a closing parenthesis
lagosfractal42··on OpenAI says over a million people talk to ChatGPT about suicide weekly
> today’s LLMs are adaptive persuasion engines trained to keep you engaged and to mirror your feelings

Aren't you thinking of social networks? I don't see LLMs like that at all

lagosfractal42··on OpenAI says over a million people talk to ChatGPT about suicide weekly
You added nothing to the thread. Just get out.
lagosfractal42··on OpenAI says over a million people talk to ChatGPT about suicide weekly
What about a medicine book? Is that also a medical device?
lagosfractal42··on World Simulator: Create and Play Interactive AI Worlds
Ok so login with your email then
lagosfractal42··on Linux Capabilities Revisited
> Meanwhile, complex external systems like SELinux end up being unused because they are complex and external (and thus can just be ignored).

Wdym? It's very notably used in Android

lagosfractal42··on Sexbots Are Coming to ChatGPT
> Instead we're building more data centers to finish broiling the earth so that share prices go up a quarter of a point.

Sheesh, so pessimistic... we're building data centers to solve challenging problems! Look into protein folding and such

lagosfractal42··on Ask HN: How to stop an AWS bot sending 2B requests/month?
You risk flagging real users as bots, which drives down your profits and reputation
lagosfractal42··on Ask HN: How to stop an AWS bot sending 2B requests/month?
This kind of reasoning assumes the bot continues to be non-stealthy