• Imgonnatrythis@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
    132·
    17 days ago

    " mostly hype and won’t take everybody’s job or end humanity."

    That’s true for the Mexicans too but we’re still scared to death of them.

    Good luck calming us down when we are programmed to scream.

  • makeshiftreaper@lemmy.worldEnglish
    113·
    17 days ago

    Calling electric cars part of a hype cycle feels a little disingenuous to me. Either we get rid of cars, society ends, or all cars go electric. Considering that option 1 causes option 2 unless there’s a revolutionary tech breakthrough, I think it’s safe to assume electric cars are the future. Also I don’t forsee a peak in hype for them, there’s generally a lot of resistance to electric cars

    Aside from the random dig at electric cars, I largely agree with this article. I don’t think the chicken coop machine learning example is quite clear to non-technical people, but I think it’s probably appropriate for the lemmy userbase

    • baggachipz@sh.itjust.worksOPEnglish
      1·
      17 days ago

      You’re right, electric cars aren’t really the same. That being said, the hype was pretty high about 5 years ago and these days, there are articles written (though largely incorrect) about the waning demand for EVs. At this point, the hype has decreased and eventually there will be a resurgence in demand. EVs are absolutely the future, I own one and love it.

      • lumpybag@reddthat.comEnglish
        2·
        16 days ago

        Infrastructure is just behind the curve in various parts of the world. I don’t own a house with a garage so I have no good way of charging at night. I have a dedicated parking spot as my neighbors do but who knows what it would cost to get power and an outdoor charger installed

        The price for an EV in the US is absurd(the price of autos in general is absurd). Tesla is 100% not making a cheap EV to maintain their profit margins to keep stock price high. Go look at the average gross profit margin of an auto maker, Tesla is 2-3x that.

  • The 8232 Project@lemmy.mlEnglish
    71·
    17 days ago

    Today I learned: layman, laymen, laywoman, laywomen, layperson, and laypeople are all real words. I thought it was just “layman”.

  • j4p@lemm.eeEnglish
    73·
    17 days ago

    AGI itself won’t end us, but the land, water and energy needs of the massive data centers needed to scale up the computation needed for AI development sure are gonna try

    • Free_Opinions@feddit.ukEnglish
      1·
      16 days ago

      AGI itself won’t end us

      I’ve yet to hear a good argument for why it couldn’t. I don’t think it definitely will but it’s a real possibility.

      • j4p@lemm.eeEnglish
        4·
        16 days ago

        Right now I feel like its more that it’s a hypothetical, while the resource extraction of the AI hype is very real.