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The AI that we'll have after AI (Doctorow) (pluralistic.net)
submitted 1 week ago by Curmuffin@fedia.io to c/technology@lemmy.world
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When the AI bubble pops, what will remain? Cheap GPUs at firesale prices, skilled applied statisticians looking for work, and open source models that already do impressive things, but will grow far more impressive after being optimized:

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[-] humanspiral@lemmy.ca 5 points 1 week ago

The AI bubble doesn't mean AI/LLMs aren't useful. It means datacenter speculation can't make money.

those GPUs are headed to the landfill.

They'll just have a similar discount to the Ethereum switch.

this post was submitted on 16 Oct 2025
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