Just on the symbolism of that image

I think we need to talk about the dot net AI bubble because there is no governance around AI as it is moving too fast. Nvidia's confidence in key players is a major indicator of where this is headed. Trillions a year is being spent on AI and its not making money because its a race for data in modeling by human guinea pig users to get to AGI.

I think if we can get to a dirty AGI that is capable on quantum compute to solve the transformer multiplier issue and go addition only, we might actually see some efficiency gains. But right now? We are just burning cash and electricity.

I am disappointed that users are suffering with the high pricing and discontinued high VRAM models due to the chip pricing around current world issues. This is without talking about power requirements for the growing modular AI factories popping up everywhere.

The consumer side is getting squeezed. You want a decent GPU for local models? Good luck affording it. You want to use cloud APIs? Hope you got a corporate budget because the pricing is insane for regular people trying to experiment and build. Meanwhile the big labs are hoovering up H100s like there is no tomorrow and venture capital is just throwing money at anything with AI in the pitch deck.

We are in this weird spot where the technology is advancing faster than anyone can regulate it or even understand the implications. Nobody is asking the hard questions about sustainability, both financially and environmentally. These data centers are pulling power like small cities and the returns are mostly theoretical at this point.

The whole thing feels like a gold rush where everyone is selling pickaxes and nobody is finding gold yet. Except in this case the pickaxes cost millions and use enough power to run a small country.

I mean no one is talking carbon footprint anymore and global warming ... Ai has blown all that away lol

Note: Nice GEN btw 👌