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AI Mania Is Eviscerating Global Decisionmaking (hermit-tech.com)
submitted 1 month ago by abbadon420@sh.itjust.works to c/technology@lemmy.world
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The reality of how much damage AI mania is doing to our ability to run institutions effectively.

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[–] andrewrgross@slrpnk.net 19 points 1 month ago (2 children)

I wish there were more concrete facts, but a good article nonetheless.

[–] ripcord@lemmy.world 39 points 1 month ago (1 children)

OK

  • More than 10 billion tons of concrete are manufactured annually
  • The 185 meter high and 2310 meter long Three Gorges Dam is made from concrete
  • Thomas Edison had 49 concrete-related patents
  • The Romans built the Pantheon using concrete
[–] svcg@lemmy.blahaj.zone 9 points 1 month ago (1 children)

These facts have really cemented my respect for the material.

[–] shrugs@piefed.social 2 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I'm inclined to beton that!

[–] svcg@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 points 1 month ago

You can't find quality puns like that off the RAAC!

[–] sbv@sh.itjust.works 9 points 1 month ago (2 children)

Woah woah woah. Writers are supposed to support their assertions now? But what about the vibes?!

[–] MangoCats@feddit.it 3 points 1 month ago

Give it a vibe to document the support, it can do that - it can even do it in non-hallucinatory fashion, if you tell it to.

[–] FauxLiving@lemmy.world 2 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Exactly!

Anyone who has spent any time on social media could tell you that this is more of a 'feelings' topic than a 'facts' topic.

[–] XLE@piefed.social 5 points 1 month ago

Yes, because AI boosters don't themselves deal in facts. It's a religiosity.

If you want statistics about how AI only is losing companies money, or how the finances don't add up, there are articles for that too.