AI Boom Is Unsustainable Unless Tech Spending Goes 'parabolic'
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The AI boom is potentially unsustainable unless tech spending becomes 'parabolic', raising concerns about market sustainability and the long-term viability of current AI investments.
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cranberryturkey
3 months ago
1 replyheh. i remember they said this about email then later the web.
bediger4000
3 months ago
2 repliesI don't remember anyone saying anything like this about email or the web. I do remember people criticizing spam and spammers on the basis they'd kill email. That did turn out to be true.
cranberryturkey
3 months ago
...then they said it about bitcoin and now they're saying it about ai.
f30e3dfed1c9
3 months ago
Did not kill email, though it certainly made running an email server a lot harder. Nearly all important information that I receive electronically still arrives via email and I don't see that changing anytime soon.
yawpitch
3 months ago
Uh… I agree it’s not sustainable, but I don’t think it’s a good idea to listen to someone who so clearly misunderstands the meaning of “parabolic”.
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