[dyauspitr]

To put this into perspective, India has built 4000+ miles of new railway lines over the last five years including a Shinkansen style bullet train. That’s more than all the railway lines in the country of Switzerland for about $12 billion. The money being thrown around here is mind blowing.

[BobbyTables2]

Indeed! And the returns from such an investment in infrastructure will likely be profound.

I feel AI is a bit different, as in there is a spectrum ranging from “utterly stupid” (early ChatGPT), “very helpful” (kinda now), “SkyNet 2.0” (what good are humans!).

As algorithms and technology improve, AI will be both cheaper and more capable. Companies like Anthrophic wouldn’t be the vaulted celebrities as they are today. At that point, I’m not sure what value much of society can provide…

At one time, blacksmiths had a valued place in general society. Today, not so much…

[yoyohello13]

NGL, I would gladly trade opus 4.8 in exchange for my city fixing the roads. Just imagine if even a quarter of the money being dumped into AI went to something that actually improved peoples lives. Man that would be a sight to behold.

[limflick]

AGI in the next 20 years is more likely than all the roads in my country getting fixed anytime in the future.

[dyauspitr]

Well, if everyone is out of a job, the government is going to have to do something so I’m not too worried about it. If I had to be an optimist about it, I would say that this might be the perfect catalyst to build out a lot of renewable energy (for data centers) and maybe actually implement UBI.

[pestatije]

give a bot a vote

[dyauspitr]

Who is a bot? Boot on head, sharpie in pooper.