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Anthropy
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"end of AI bubble" thoughts

Some thoughts I had about the 'end of the AI bubble' while talking with a friend.

I honestly think it's important to share this here, because I see a lot of "when the AI bubble ends" kinda sentiment, but I feel like people imagine everything AI-related just randomly popping out of existence, which I don't think is a reasonable assumption.

Almost every new technology has had a hype bubble. Even trains (Railway Mania).

Rarely does the technology disappear after.

#AI

Screenshot of a (Telegram) conversation between two people, me and someone else: Anthropy: I don't really know what the 'end of the bubble' would look like. anonymous friend: yes Anthropy: I'm guessing it's going to look like some companies dying and some hiring stops and layoffs and the recovering of hardware pricing, which I expect in the next year or so if I'm quite honest anonymous friend: well, I always tell myself "if we knew how future would look like, it would have already looked like that yesterday" Anthropy: but I very much doubt "AI" is going to disappear, or that people will suddenly learn to be nuanced on the subject anonymous friend: no, it will not disappear but we will be able to evaluate its costs and benefits while not being extremely biased hopefully xD Anthropy: well x3; I would've hoped humanity to be less extremely biased on a lot of subjects but *gestures vaguely at the current political situation pretty much anywhere in the world*