How the AI Crash Happens

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Artificial IntelligenceData CentersSustainability

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The article discusses the potential environmental and infrastructural consequences of the rapidly growing demand for AI data centers, sparking a discussion on the long-term sustainability of current AI development trends.

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keernan

2 months ago

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tldr; If there is an AI failure, the rest of us lose when the economy crashes. If AGI is achieved, the rest of us lose when we all lose our jobs.

johng

2 months ago

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Pretty much how I feel as well. In other words, nothing good can come of this. It has me legitimately scared.... I wonder if I should get out of the stock market completely.

littlexsparkee

2 months ago

in the former you'd want to get out but in the latter capital is the only way to capture the gains from technological change so exiting could be the wrong course of action

rbanffy

2 months ago

I’m sure the AI CEOs will be fine.

GPerson

2 months ago

Would it crash if AI advances in a way which makes massive compute unnecessary? That’s an interesting possibility I wonder about.

symbolicAGI

2 months ago

A US stock market blow off top is consistent with both the NASDAQ weekly chart pattern and the current dismal macroeconomic environment, e.g. layoffs.

ghtbircshotbe

2 months ago

The coauthors Charlie Warzel and Matteo Wong are more cultural critics than finance or tech experts.

HPMOR

2 months ago

https://archive.is/rtw0K

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