[Verdex]

Yeah, half of my AI skepticism isn't that the tools don't work. It's that I'm having a tough time figuring out how these things are ever going to produce ROI.

Like, at some point the end product needs to be a literal genie's lamp or fountain of youth.

[cess11]

Scale AI has deep cooperation with military agencies and a fresh large contract with the Gulf state with the largest US military presence. It's likely they're building a new generation of combat command systems and the like, consolidation of surveillance and management tooling in the ongoing and future US wars isn't surprising.

[Verdex]

[Okay so the third option that I thought of but decided not to put down was: literal genie's lamp, fountain of youth, or robot army. Because then who cares if you collapse the economy if AGI, you'll be safe with your robot army. Not particularly happy that this option is potentially not far from the mark.]

[cess11]

Not sure what you mean, but it's not like the militarisation of "tech" is a secret. The current US administration is bragging about its militaristic totalisation efforts:

https://www.army.mil/article/286317/army_launches_detachment...