I was hoping Messi would win to end his career like that, but I’m also not upset that Spain won either. That goal was crazy awesome.

I mean, obviously I’m torn on it, like most things these days. Obviously it’s an incredible technology or we wouldn’t be having this conversation. It’s very good at what it does well, and I do use it daily. I think anyone who says it’s good at nothing doesn’t know what they’re talking about, and anyone who says it’s good at everything doesn’t know what they’re talking about. The truth is somewhere in the middle. With that said, the amount of societal destruction caused by it, I do wish it hadn’t been invented.

I don’t have any answers for regulating it or anything like that, I’m only one person, but I am just disappointed. I do agree stopping data centers would be great. Having some sort of limit on how much companies can make use of AI would probably be helpful. Having some sort of limit on how much hardware AI companies are allowed to buy vs how much is reserved for retail customers would probably be helpful.

I agree that the vast majority of money today is “imaginary”, people are using AI as a money printer without it justifying all of that money through actual value.

I don’t think my takes on AI are all that controversial, but maybe I am mistaken.

It’s not weather, it’s out-of-control wildfires caused by massive budget cuts to firefighting.

AI has the ability to revolutionise the industry in a way that it needs in order to survive - greatly reduce costs and greatly reduce production times.

Do you know what those words mean?

AI is being used as a force multiplier, and it’s being used as a force multiplier for evil. It’s being used to replace jobs, to put hundreds, thousands, and eventually millions of people out of work. At scale, it takes up more power than entire cities do, and the data centers and power station upgrades that it requires at that scale ends up with companies literally demolishing entire residential areas, forcing people out of their homes.

AI is not worth the trade-offs and the massive sacrifices required for it. It is destroying society.

The issue is that AI is a force multiplier, and it’s being used as a force multiplier for evil. That’s a really big problem. It’s being used to destroy society, so of course people have problems with it.

The issue is, though, is that AI is a force multiplier, and it’s being used as a force multiplier for evil.

This is really how I’ve started to live life, and it’s also how I approach solo travelling. No one can stop me from going, and no one can make me do things I don’t want to when I’m by myself.

It does work well.

However, I’m not even 40 yet, but the idea is still the same.

He really is a weird creature.

To be honest, I thought they already required that. They just want to keep killing their site, but people refuse to switch over to Lemmy, so niche communities only remain on Reddit and Discord. It’s very disheartening. People are morons. There, I said it.

Yes, definitely. I’m afraid that AI is going to keep advancing and companies will keep laying off even more employees then I get laid off and then I’m out of work and unable to find my next job. I’ve already been laid off once before and it already took me half a year to find a new job and that was even before the explosion of AI. I’m also afraid my shingles infection pain isn’t going to go away and I’m going to be stuck with long-term nerve pain, despite my relatively young age, because I started antivirals like 168 hours after onset of symptoms because I was almost misdiagnosed twice in a week.

Yes, plenty of things to be afraid of, I think that’s part of being an adult.

AI is very harmful to the environment, it destroys communities because of data centers, it killed the price of gaming and consumer computing, and it’s being used to layoff a shit ton of people.

I use AI daily for my job because it’s required, and I do use it outside of work too, but it’s too powerful, too dangerous, and I wish it didn’t exist. The way companies abuse it in the name of profit is too damaging for our world.

I don’t necessarily think that’s even techbros, it’s CEOs/management ruining it. They’re trying to bleed water from a stone, and they’re killing the planet to do it without giving a snigle fuck.

Well yeah, they say that data centers create jobs just so that it sounds like a good idea to people. Thankfully, people are starting to realize just how horrid data centers and AI is for the environment and daily life etc. I say that as someone who uses AI for work daily, and unfortunately I do find AI useful outside of work too…

How can something be a fact if it’s incorrect?

If they release server software required to run online games, they indeed can last forever.

Spooder-Man is a diabolical name.

It’s my understanding that it’s more of a last case scenario kind of thing, like, most guys don’t want to have surgery on their penis and it can also have complications too.

That’s true too, there is a cumulative effect.

I guess I’m a shitty person then because I use AI (even outside of work where I’m chosing to use it and not forced to use it), although I guess shitty people can still do good things so maybe it’s not all bad.

I do get it though, the way AI is being used, the way companies abuse it to replace employees and layoff thousands, tens of thousands, etc, and the environmental impact AI has from the sheer scale of it is destroying the environment is all terrible and indefensible, but ultimately I find it too helpful for me to go without using it.

True, but paying a company $20 a month versus paying a company $200 or $2000 or $20000 or $200000 or $2000000 a month are all vastly different numbers.

Sure, and how many of those devices that you hook up to a TV can handle Steam Link at 4K 120 FPS?

Your TV OS may or may not be able to, but if your TV can’t then you have basically no other options. The original Steam Link can’t, The NVIDIA Shield can’t, the Fire TV Stick/Fire TV Cube can’t, the Roku can’t, the Apple TV 4K can’t, none of them can do Steam Link at 4K 120 FPS. An HTPC can, but good luck with HDMI-CEC on that.

I’m not out of touch for thinking 4K at high refresh rates would be nice to have.

Sure, I didn’t mean that it’s a standalone console.

However, at $1050 USD, there’s many people who won’t be buying this standalone console either.

It would have made more sense to release both at the same time, that way people who are turned off by the $1050 USD (or more) price tag would at least have something they could buy from Valve instead.

Hell, I’d buy a new Steam Link that supports H265 and isn’t capped to 1080p at 60 FPS.