Europe, the AI Continent.

One year ago, we launched the AI Continent Action Plan. Since then, we have made huge strides:

✅ 19 AI factories are now live across EU countries.
✅ We established the AI Skills Academy to train experts.
✅ The AI Omnibus is cutting costs for business.
✅ We have earmarked €1 billion to support AI adoption in industry.

We are building a secure and innovative AI future for Europe.

Here's how 👉 https://link.europa.eu/nj3VH9

@EUCommission

I don’t know if this account is actually monitored, or just a publishing place, but you may have noticed that this post has received almost overwhelmingly negative responses.

You could disregard this as Mastodon bias, but keep in mind that the biggest bias on Mastodon is that people who understand and built core parts of the information technology that you use every day are massively over represented. This is probably the only place you will get a lot of replies from people who both understand technology and do not have a financial incentive to hype things to get large amounts of government funding.

EDIT: I should add, I used machine learning during my PhD and there are a lot of problems for which it is a really good fit. But, in the current climate, it’s generally safe to interpret ‘AI’ as meaning ‘machine learning applied to a problem where machine learning is the wrong solution’. It isn’t a technology, it’s a branding term, and it’s a branding term used almost exclusively for things that have no social benefit.

@david_chisnall @EUCommission
I’m resolutely against the crazy rush to enshittify everything with AI.
A quick CV: I’m 71; I was on the team that built the BBC micro, I helped to build the early internet with email used by UK government and schools, and I’ve worked on smart homes and smart cities. Never have I been more scared of where technology is heading than I am now with the growth of AI
@KimSJ @david_chisnall @EUCommission
Seconding that. My cv includes writing first screen based word processor for Olivetti, an email service for Sperry Univac, using arpanet and designing / building networks before there was tcp/ip. This rush to Artificial Insanity is dangerous and just another way to market expensive toys.
@AlisonW @KimSJ @david_chisnall
I doubt the people behind @EUCommission have ever heard about Sperrymicro Univetti Arpatcp. Today before lunch they've burned more processing power on their LLM mind-replacements that all Univacs combined ever had (and that on a Saturday).
@AlisonW @KimSJ @david_chisnall @EUCommission Roger that. I was reading Michael #Padlipsky a few weeks ago about the #ARPANET and the penny dropped for me for many things. Bonus: "The elements of networking style" is untouched by LLM training because the #InternetArchive #LCP #DRM ed the #PDF
https://archive.org/details/elementsofnetwor00padl
The elements of networking style and other essays and animadversions on the art of intercomputer networking : Padlipsky, M. A. (Michael A.) : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet Archive

Includes bibliographical references

Internet Archive