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[–] GoatSynagogue@lemmy.world 1 points 3 months ago (2 children)

No, people genuinely think AI is going away because it’s “useless” and doesn’t provide anything worthwhile. The comment I replied to said the AI data centre will be useless when the bubble bursts. If they don’t think AI will go away, why would they say that?

[–] Badabinski@kbin.earth 2 points 3 months ago (1 children)

I'm anticipating that mixed-use data centers will have enough capacity to meet post-pop demand. The current ubiquity of LLMs will end once people are forced to pay the true cost. I don't expect the technology to suddenly just vanish, but most people are not going to be willing to pay what it will cost to make inference profitable.

[–] GoatSynagogue@lemmy.world 1 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

Demand isn’t going to reduce though. It’s going to continue increasing.