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entropsilk commented on A Hitchhiker's Guide to the AI Bubble   fluxus.io/article/a-hitch... · Posted by u/dreamfactored
zmmmmm · a month ago
I think a key point from this article that I agree strongly with is the simple point that it is crucial that everyone recognise we are currently in an AI bubble.

I often find people contest this with the non-sequitur of "No, it's not a bubble, there is real value there. We are building things with it". The fact there is real value in the technology does not contradict in any way that we are in a bubble. It may even be supporting evidence for it. Compare with the dot com bubble : nobody would tell you there was no value in the internet. But it was still a bubble. A massive hyper inflated bubble. And when it popped, it left large swathes of the industry devastated even while a residual set of companies were left to carry on and build the "real" eventual internet based reworking of the entire economy which took 10 - 15 years.

People would be well advised to have a look at this point in time at who survived the dot com bubble and why.

entropsilk · a month ago
The fact everyone thinks we are in an AI bubble is practically proof we are not in an AI bubble.

The crowd is always wrong on these things. Just like everyone "knew" we were going into a deep recession sometime in late 2022, early 2023. The crowd has an incredibly short memory too.

What it means is that people are really cautious about AI. That is not a self reinforcing, fear of missing out, explosive process bubble. That is a classic bull market climbing a wall of worry.

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xwolfi · a month ago
Imagine in that future world you describe, how immensely valuable a human artist will be: originality, wit, brilliance, their design will completely conquer any competitor generating the slop you dream of.
entropsilk · a month ago
We must live in different realities because most design has almost no creativity or originality at all. "Good design" means the website/design looks exactly the same as everything else.

We have the tools to do anything imaginable with film and video but the top box office films right now in the US are all completely derivative, non-creative human slop.

"Good design" is so trivial to do with generative AI.

We hardly live in 1910 Paris with all the cool people drinking absinthe in between cranking out all these artistic masterpieces.

entropsilk commented on Can a Country Be Too Rich? Norway Is Finding Out   bloomberg.com/news/articl... · Posted by u/obscurette
vik0 · a month ago
Life without work is meaningless. Over the millennia we have done nothing but work. We were made to work.

I don't know if you've experienced not working without having to worry about money, but I have and it has a unique feeling of emptiness to it.

This is not me praising 9-5 office jobs, or work from home jobs, or any other specific job. They can all be hell in and of themselves, but the idea of abolishing work is just so laughable to me.

The moment that happens, a collective neurosis will overtake humanity the likes of which has never been seen before. We can only hope work will continue to be around as long as we are around, for our own sake.

entropsilk · a month ago
I think it is wrong to say that life without work is meaningless.

The problem is what good enough yesterday is expected today and won't be enough tomorrow.

Not being able to do whatever you want all the time acts as a break on this process.

The moment work is abolished would be a wonderful moment. A month later though the biggest topic would be how to get a side hustle or a job.

u/entropsilk

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