So disillusioned with tech right now. All those resources dedicated to produce utter bollocks and not solve any actual problems. Maybe I'm just old and tired.
I just want to say one thing on this Jürgen. Firstly, I don’t believe you or me will ever see “AGI/ASI” in our lifetimes. Not that it isn’t possible, but I think we still have a long way to go. Personally I think the hype/fear around “AGI/ASI” is to distract us from the current damage AI does, both to the environment and to people, as well as shifting focus away from the real problem: The Tech-Oligarchs making the technology, and that includes the “good ones” like Dario or Ilya.
My main issue as we get into this era of increasingly large AI Datacenters is what powers them or what they WANT to power them: Nuclear Power plants. I have read several articles discussing that some AI companies want their centers powered by Nuclear power. And all I can say to this is…the absolute fucking nerve and selfishness! Look, I’m an Altruist (Not the weird tech ones) and a Humanist. I want to help people and hope that certain things will benefit everyone. So the fact that these companies want to use a power that could power an entire city for a year CLEANLY and instead use it to power their center that all it generates is realistic AI-Porn is the epitome of the worst kind of selfishness and Capitalism.
So disillusioned with tech right now. All those resources dedicated to produce utter bollocks and not solve any actual problems. Maybe I'm just old and tired.
I just want to say one thing on this Jürgen. Firstly, I don’t believe you or me will ever see “AGI/ASI” in our lifetimes. Not that it isn’t possible, but I think we still have a long way to go. Personally I think the hype/fear around “AGI/ASI” is to distract us from the current damage AI does, both to the environment and to people, as well as shifting focus away from the real problem: The Tech-Oligarchs making the technology, and that includes the “good ones” like Dario or Ilya.
My main issue as we get into this era of increasingly large AI Datacenters is what powers them or what they WANT to power them: Nuclear Power plants. I have read several articles discussing that some AI companies want their centers powered by Nuclear power. And all I can say to this is…the absolute fucking nerve and selfishness! Look, I’m an Altruist (Not the weird tech ones) and a Humanist. I want to help people and hope that certain things will benefit everyone. So the fact that these companies want to use a power that could power an entire city for a year CLEANLY and instead use it to power their center that all it generates is realistic AI-Porn is the epitome of the worst kind of selfishness and Capitalism.
This is why I’m an Anarchist.
Also love your work Jürgen.