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by lifeisstillgood 11 days ago
Meh. That’s like saying we have a parking shortage in cities. No we have more car journies than we need.

We have societies designed by the default choice. If that choice is walkable streets, low cost electric buses, dense neighbourhoods (mostly I mean you can walk for miles along streets and parks and shops without crossing a car park)

Then you get far less car use. People aren’t stupid, but living in downtown Houston means you have far less choice about driving everywhere than living in suburban Amsterdam

It’s all choices

We just are making bad ones mostly

The choices now are would you like ads or more ads. Shall I waste compute seeing if the web page you clicked on can be summarised ?

The simple answer to AI is to charge it at cost - not subsidised. Then the market will start to shake out.

It might take the US stock market with it …