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[–] Danitos@reddthat.com 4 points 3 hours ago

I think that's kind of their idea. Be unsustainable and unprofitable, yet push to be on everything so the Goverment will bail them out.

[–] goatinspace@feddit.org 3 points 4 hours ago
[–] RiceBowl@piefed.blahaj.zone 7 points 5 hours ago

I’ve put all my money in pogs so I should be ok.

[–] melfie@lemmy.zip 11 points 6 hours ago

I wonder if we will be able to get GPUs and RAM for reasonable prices afterwards.

[–] GreenKnight23@lemmy.world 14 points 7 hours ago
[–] Th4tGuyII@fedia.io 28 points 8 hours ago (1 children)

Yeah, like we haven't been through multiple "generational" recessions.

At this point I feel like I've spent more time alive during recessions than not, so what's one more for the pile - especially if it means getting to watch the AI bros go bankrupt.

[–] green_goglin@thelemmy.club 5 points 2 hours ago

Saddle up, sea biscuit

[–] minorkeys@sh.itjust.works 11 points 7 hours ago

Too big to fail...again...

[–] Assassassin@lemmy.dbzer0.com 53 points 10 hours ago (3 children)

If that's the thing that kills the economy, the economy deserves to be killed

[–] Flower@sh.itjust.works 34 points 10 hours ago (3 children)

Which economy? The billionaire economy of the normies economy?

[–] SolacefromSilence@fedia.io 9 points 10 hours ago

First one, then the other because it's only fair

[–] Atropos@lemmy.world 4 points 9 hours ago (1 children)

We will follow the billionaires into it economic hell. In solidarity of course.

Fuck, I wish we had a choice in this.

[–] P1nkman@lemmy.world 3 points 9 hours ago

We could always make them feel like life is hell and death would be welcome, especially considering that they're doing it to us., and they. Do. Not. Care.

[–] Racoonwithbenefits@lemmy.zip -1 points 9 hours ago

For normal people it will just mean some inflation increase and interest rates increase

Nothing we havent seen in the past few years

[–] dan1101@lemmy.world 3 points 9 hours ago

No our federal government will spend billions to bail out whatever AI companies are favored by trump this week.

[–] Diurnambule@jlai.lu 3 points 10 hours ago

They prepare the too big to fail speech I think

[–] homesweethomeMrL@lemmy.world 21 points 9 hours ago

The stability of our economy depends on them quickly changing course.

Oh. Well.

[–] IHeartBadCode@fedia.io 57 points 12 hours ago

and take the economy with it...

Yeah like the last umpteen times this has happened in my lifetime. We live in a society of greed, who knew it would be so unstable?

[–] ceenote@lemmy.world 28 points 12 hours ago (2 children)

It has always been either the economy crashing because the AI bubble pops, or the economy crashes because the bubble didn't pop due to AI successfully replacing enormous numbers of workers.

[–] Thorry@feddit.org 11 points 9 hours ago* (last edited 9 hours ago)

Or the economy crashes by AI replacing everyone and doing an absolute terrible job, causing stuff like supply chain collapse and communication/power outages.

I have yet to see someone explain how this whole thing actually works out. Just a dozen different scenarios that turn out terrible for almost everyone. The only scenario that works out is if a handful of people like Altman absolutely rule the world, become de facto dictators as they are the ones that control the few AI companies that run everything. And by work out, I mean it works out for that handful of people. For the rest of the world it's probably just about the worst case scenario. But you just know it's the scenario scammy Altman is hoping for.

[–] EntheoNaut@lemmy.ml 25 points 12 hours ago

Let the dominoes fall.

Yeah wow hey maybe you should have fucking listened to everyone who’s been saying that for goddamn YEARS. 🫩

[–] Triumph@fedia.io 9 points 10 hours ago
[–] naeap@sopuli.xyz 6 points 10 hours ago (1 children)

Well, ehm... Worldwide or "just" the US economy who build up on this shit the last year or so?

Not sure how the follow up impact will be on other countries, but first of, the US will be fucked

[–] Diurnambule@jlai.lu 1 points 10 hours ago

Not having to pay crazy security contract or having to pay extraordinary amount or use Chinese/open sources models

[–] hansolo@lemmy.today 5 points 9 hours ago* (last edited 9 hours ago)

Ah, the weekly post with this title.

"Congress could legalize weed!" Yeah, but it don't.

[–] etchinghillside@reddthat.com 13 points 12 hours ago (1 children)

World War 3 will keep it going!

[–] schmorpel@slrpnk.net 14 points 12 hours ago (1 children)

I've heard World War 3 sucks. Can't wait for World War 4, hope they finally get all the bugs sorted out.

[–] Tyrq@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 8 hours ago (1 children)

I hear that one's going digital only. We won't even own our own grenades anymore

[–] nyan@lemmy.cafe 2 points 7 hours ago

No, actually, that's the one that's going to be fought with sticks and rocks (per Einstein)—either because technology has crashed and burned, or because those will be the only weapons anyone can own.