macoFeb 15

You know that “stop forcing AI into fucking everything” graphic that went around on here?

I bought the t-shirt. I get a lot of compliments on it.

The only negative response was from a friend who works for McKinsey. She read out the “everyone hates it” and said, “do they really, though?” as we stood near the check-in table for an event, and three people in line turned around and said, “YES!”

Show threadSnoopJFeb 16

@maco @GeoffWozniak I think *constantly* about their claim that generative "AI" will add no less than $2,600,000,000,000 to the global economy

sure jan.

Show threadstandevFeb 17
@SnoopJ well that’s about the magnitude of capex that is enabling such thing as “crucial won’t sell me RAM anymore” and “where did all the SSDs go,” so it’s maybe technically correct… AI enabled venture capital spending on unprecedented levels. We are now in the “???” part of the plan.
Show threadSnoopJ

@standev the claim in the report is about productivity writ large (i.e. the total size of the global market), not capex specifically.

the capex you're talking about *might* generate new value, but I doubt it will even get within two orders of magnitude of the claimed figure. I don't even think it will break even.

Feb 17 at 4:08pmWeb
Show threadstandevFeb 17
@SnoopJ oh for sure it’s a BS claim, they are just boosting on-paper economy by burning $