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"The Phony Comforts of AI Optimism": Ed Zitron on lazy hypemongers and CoreWeave's brick-wall-headed trajectory (www.wheresyoured.at)
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[–] Sergio@slrpnk.net 9 points 3 weeks ago

Roose doesn't have to make actual arguments – he makes statements, finds one example of something that confirms his biases, and then moves on

All too common an approach.

[–] Architeuthis@awful.systems 7 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

That was a good one. Also, was he the first to break the coreweave situation? Not a bad journalistic get if that's the case.

[–] dgerard@awful.systems 7 points 2 weeks ago

he was the most prominent voice saying "hey wait this is shit"

[–] TinyTimmyTokyo@awful.systems 5 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

I always tune into Casey Newton and Kevin Roose's podcast to get my latest fix of AI hype, now that they've moved on from crypto hype and multiverse hype. Can't wait to see what the next hype cycle will bring!

[–] dgerard@awful.systems 4 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

multiverse hype

???

[–] blakestacey@awful.systems 7 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Autocorrect-ism for "metaverse", perhaps?

[–] TinyTimmyTokyo@awful.systems 5 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

Yeah, it was a brain fart.

[–] Tar_alcaran@sh.itjust.works 4 points 2 weeks ago

This puts exactly into words what I've been thinking about AI. So much "someone said it would be great", so little evidence.