@Crell Thank you for quantifying the various aspects that it takes to keep AI running. It’s one of those details that is becoming increasingly apparent, but difficult to grasp the scope.

Would you care to elaborate on the “This is how societies die.” comment? Is that primarily in the sense of social apathy? In the lack of respect for others/foresight over long term consequences? The disruptive tactics of numerous tech companies that have eliminated many norms? Or something else?

@wwhitlow All of the above.

Major empires aren't destroyed from without, but by their own greed, infighting, and incompetence.

In this case, the "it is what it is" attitude is unworthy of someone in a democracy. That's how the billionaires and pedo-fascists were able to take over.

Then add short-sightedness about global warming for the last 50 years, and AI is just the latest part of it. That will kill us all. "It is what it is."

@Crell @wwhitlow I think the societal aspect goes further than that. Because we are ending up not teaching anything person to person any more.

Take StackOverflow. Although there were often simple questions (and answers) with little thought, there was also a large amount of great questions, with equally great answers — so detailed that you learned the actual basics. This is now gone due to AI.

LLMs have only learned old content from there, anything newly created projects won't even be taught.

@derickr @Crell @wwhitlow StackOverflow is gone because AI doesn't tell you that this question is a duplicate of a question solved 15 years ago where literally nothing applies because 15 years is like 2 centuries in IT time.

Love or hate AI, but StackOverflow was just waiting for something to replace it because of how bad it became.