• After the bubble pops how much would our lives be impacted?

  • Would AI vanish or still be there?

  • How exactly do you think the bubble will pop? Will AI companies simply run out of money? Or will it be because of the environmental effects?

  • When do you think the “pop” will take place?

  • After the bubble pops, in future there will be companies/people who will try the AI thing again? What will that be like?

  • pizza_the_hutt@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
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    3 days ago

    Those millions of people using AI for general search are currently getting it for free, which is going to end when the bubble bursts and the companies providing it go under, if not sooner when said companies try to make a profit. This is exactly what’s happening to corporate AI customers now. They are realizing there isn’t a good ROI now that OpenAI and other AI providers are being forced to charge proper costs for queries and tokens, rather than the teaser or “adoption” rates they charged before.

    • venusaur@lemmy.world
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      3 days ago

      Interesting theory. I’d be surprised if Google started charging for their AI results. Too much free training data and they can afford to keep models running for the masses. They’re not solely an AI company. At the worst, these AI companies get swallowed up by bigger companies that can keep running even if AI is not profitable, which it is in some cases.