Geez...there are so many things I want say in a super sarcastic voice right now, but most of it would probably get me banned!

with the tech and crypto bros not only extorting vast sums of taxpayer dollars to build infrastructure that won't make a damned bit of difference but also draining the larger economy to throw after it.

By now, it has to be running largely on chump power, every financial genius out there mortgaging everything because he thinks there is still time to cash in on the big score.

And the non tech billionaires? They really think AI is going to mean they won't need other people any more and we'll stop fucking up the scenery.

Thank you for posting this. AI is an amazing analytical tool, able to spot minor pattern changes that under utilize human brains and put them to sleep. It will not, however, live up to the hype.

AI is doing just the opposite. Yes, a powerful tool for the right tasks but being sold as "sentient" and "intelligent".

One analyst pointed out, 'there was no budget for AI so those selling AI targeted payroll'. It made the imaginary numbers work better, for a while.

Good at some things, mainly extracting information from large datasets and performing iterative tasks.

Sucks at tasks involving complex reasoning. I've posted before about using Google Images to search for information about auction items. The AI-generated text explaining what the picture shows frequently makes major errors, including era and function of an item. Now I just see whether there are visual matches.

Also, most of the time when I use an AI chatbot to ask a question when I'm visiting a website, the answer is useless. I then conclude the chat by entering "f___ AI." That's the only satisfaction I usually get.

That's a little silly. The first time a human played a chess AI, the human won. Now no human can beat the AI. The first flight was a few seconds and now we have trans ocean flight.

Of course AI today is being oversold because that's what we do. It may never match the hype. Doesn't mean that the AI is garbage people are right either.

AI isn't there yet but it isn't vaporware.

But this is Amazon getting it wrong. Jumping the gun or pushing beyond present capabilities and paying the price of those mistakes. So one line of thinking posits that if Amazon got it this wrong in a high profile and billion dollar way, then how many other companies, (smaller, less tech heavy companies), are also getting burned on the hype right now?

If AI doesn't reduce headcounts and payrolls right now then there is no budget for it right now. And the jobpocalypse is delayed.

New Zealand just this week announced it plans to lay off 9000 public servants citing AI as the reason.

https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/political/595847/replacing-public-servants-with-ai-could-come-with-hidden-costs-critics-warn

that require thought. My guess is it never will be.

What choice do we have when we've allowed private monopolies to swallow up most of the essentials of life?

"enshittification" for 12 to 18 months and then started hiring people back. Course correction has begun.

Inclusive of this current issue, I think the bigger challenge for all is to envision a near future where AI benefits everyone.

more than humans, which won't take long.