Why are we in an AI arms race? What's actually at stake?

[ephera@lemmy.ml]

Well, they're not actually open-source. The models are freely available, but the training data is not, so it's not actually possible for competitors to reproduce the same result.

[ephera@lemmy.ml]

I think, people who say that believe that we're close to actually-intelligent AI (or artificial general intelligence, AGI). And when we get there, it's possible that we might suddenly be able to automate lots of complex tasks, possibly even shove it onto robots and have it take on physical labor and things like that.

It's the wet dream of capitalists, because they don't need to employ anyone anymore. And I guess, folks are also afraid that such AI could be used for war.

[droplet6585@lemmy.ml]

No. We are not.

With typical capitalist efficiency, the titans of industry are going to boil off half an ocean in an ignorant attempt to simulate a human brain that requires what, about 2 kilowatt-hours of relatively clean chemical energy a day?

Never mind there being no shortage of said brains.

[reagansrottencorpse@lemmy.ml]

Who the fuck do they think they will sell things to if no one has any money but them