[hooande]

In theory, this could be used to create AI agents that can process visual/audio information in a way that's more similar to humans. It could lead to household robots or advanced conversational interfaces. or whatever the hell the metaverse is.

It's just bunch of GPUs. It could be used for anything people can imagine, good or bad

[lm28469]

Go back in time and tell people about the technical power we have in 2022. Then tell them to imagine what we do with it. And finally explain to them that the vast majority of it is used to sell us goods and services we mostly don't need.

[knodi123]

> It could lead to household robots or advanced conversational interfaces.

Yes, but anything that could do that, will be used for military robots and context-aware ubiquitous comms surveillance.

> It's just bunch of GPUs. It could be used for anything people can imagine, good or bad

And nuclear power can be used for good or ill, too. But when the ills grow big enough, it's still fair to worry about proliferation and possible end-of-civilization events. It's unhelpful to reassure someone building a bomb bunker "Don't worry, nuclear power is just a tool, it can be used for good OR for bad".

[mwcampbell]

> create AI agents that can process visual/audio information in a way that's more similar to humans

Which, of course, is great for accessibility.