Writing at the end of the world, from Hveragerði, Iceland
  • UndercoverUlrikHD 🇳🇴@programming.dev
    13·
    10 days ago

    I swear, people either think it’s a wish granting genie or a worthless hallucinating scam. There is zero room for actual rational discussion. It’s either magic and perfect or the exact opposite and a curse. It’s either the coolest modern tech or an environment destroying disaster. Either we should invest all our money in it, or none.

    That just seems to discussions about anything on the modern day Internet in general. Whenever I talk to programmers in real life, the discussions tend to be nuanced with people acknowledging both the pros and cons.

    • terranoid@lemmy.cafeEnglish
      5·
      10 days ago

      I blame the news cycle and blatant market manipulation that goes unpunished. Making ground breaking technology isn’t enough anymore. It has to be “Machine God Will destroy us all” level tech to make the headlines and subsequently make the market truly react in a way they can profit from it.

      Someone could literally be on the verge of fusion energy and it wouldn’t make headlines as much as AI does today. It’s all about the marketing and hype, and they are going to make this AI bubble grow as big as possible then eject in time to save themselves.