For all the hype in 2023, we still don't know what AI's long-term impact will be | John... - 0 views
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huge public corporations launch products that are known to “hallucinate”
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And that the tech can do all of the other tricks that are entrancing millions of people – who are, by the way, mostly using it for free
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We always overestimate the short-term impacts of novel technologies while grossly underestimating their long-term effects
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If this machine-learning technology is as transformative as some people are claiming, its long-term impact may be just as profound as print has been.
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(Remember that much of the output of current AI is kept relatively sanitised by the unacknowledged labour of poorly paid people in poor countries.
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The Nvidia HGX H100 chip, designed for generative AI, is being bought in huge quantities by companies such as Microsoft for $30,000 each. Photograph: AP
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Microsoft plans to buy 150,000 Nvidia chips – at $30,000 (£24,000) a pop.
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“are not ready to deploy generative artificial intelligence at scale because they lack strong data infrastructure or the controls needed to make sure the technology is used safely.”
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"huge public corporations launch products that are known to "hallucinate" "
