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[–] phutatorius@lemmy.zip 8 points 3 hours ago (1 children)

Jevons Paradox

It's odd (paradoxical, even?) to call it a paradox when that's what has happened in the medium to long term with nearly every previous period of major technology change.

I think the problem is that technology isn't the main driver of how society's wealth is distributed in a population: that's a political choice. If technology creates more wealth in an unequal society, those at the top will be the beneficiaries. If it creates a wider awareness of the need for redistribution, then it'll become a tide that raises all boats.

The bigger question is whether the LLM bubble is going to have any lasting impact.

[–] Wander@sh.itjust.works 0 points 2 hours ago (1 children)

I don't think so.

Everything else in thr economy will run and cheap data centres will be used eventually. We use more and more every year the bubble won't stop thr growth

[–] Photonic@lemmy.world 2 points 40 minutes ago

Not in the long run, but we can expect a period of substantial economic downturn, even more than we are experiencing today. And the economy is highly vulnerable due to concentration of wealth, multiple wars across the globe with serious ramifications for the countries who are not at war and an ever increasing dependency on AI.

[–] masterspace@lemmy.ca 46 points 7 hours ago* (last edited 7 hours ago) (3 children)

No more resources for data centres.

It's fucking insane that we are pumping trillions into replacing human workers when we can't even provide everyone with food, housing, and healthcare.

These companies need to be stopped.

[–] CosmoNova@lemmy.world 7 points 4 hours ago

We aren‘t spending trillions on data centers. The elites that hoarded all the wealth like a bunch of dragons do. And they will keep funding our decline until we do something about it.

You know, Siegfried probably had the right idea dumping all that gold into a river after slaying the dragon.

[–] turdburglar@piefed.social 27 points 7 hours ago (1 children)

we could provide everyone with food, housing and healthcare. we chose not to. it’s more important for jeff to get another yacht and a fancy wedding in venice.

[–] masterspace@lemmy.ca 5 points 7 hours ago* (last edited 7 hours ago) (1 children)

Yes, which is why we not to draw a line in the sand and demand no more building of data centers.

[–] phutatorius@lemmy.zip 2 points 3 hours ago

If there's nothing in it for us, or all we get are the externalities, we should say no, as forcibly as is necessary.

[–] Wander@sh.itjust.works 0 points 2 hours ago (1 children)

I don't fucking want a job. I want progress.

Build the data centres.

[–] mnemonicmonkeys@sh.itjust.works 0 points 57 minutes ago

LLMs are dead-end tech. There is no progress to be made there, dumbass

[–] chilicheeselies@lemmy.world 12 points 7 hours ago (2 children)

They are just trying to undo the damage they did when they went around telling everyone they wont have a job anymore.

[–] phutatorius@lemmy.zip 7 points 3 hours ago

That wasn't a warning, it was a sales pitch, to get sociopathic CEOs to buy their snake oil.

[–] inari@piefed.zip 5 points 6 hours ago (1 children)

They shot themselves on the foot with that one

[–] nodiratime@lemmy.world 4 points 5 hours ago (1 children)

Turns out gloating when you don't have the cards is a bad move.

[–] phutatorius@lemmy.zip 3 points 3 hours ago

A move Trump keeps making, with no apparent consequences besides more bribes flowing in.

[–] vane@lemmy.world 2 points 6 hours ago* (last edited 6 hours ago) (1 children)

Now he realized that he needs their money to survive. What an asshole.

[–] phutatorius@lemmy.zip 2 points 3 hours ago

Amodei's not Altman. He actually seems to be trying to think things through.