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I continue to be saddened by the lack of a good #data, #machinelearning or #AI community on the #Fediverse ... the conversation just really seems to be all on the birdsite! Or am I missing something obvious? I follow all the hashtags etc, but really feels a little thin on the ground.
@AndreasThinks it's a bit of a constant that people on the #fediverse innately distrust #BigTech. Unfortunately, because Big Tech monopolise the #AI market right now, that means they also tend to shun anything AI or #MachineLearning, or at least tar it with the same brush. Hopefully we'll see an upsurge of #EthicalAI in #FOSS spaces that will lead to legitimately good and open conversion about how we can use AI in ways less predatory.
@Darohan @AndreasThinks You can talk to me about breaking up monopolies or the incredible ressource, energy and water consumption that "AI" is going to bring. I am also interested in "AI" use cases that justify this cost.
I think, the community here is a bit more aware of all the downsides of the current hype.
@kaffeeringe @AndreasThinks those concerns are absolutely valid, and I share them, but I feel like they are symptoms of Big Tech's incredibly exploitative "tech for tech's sake" approach, rather than issues innate to AI itself. There are legitimate uses for AI and machine learning being found throughout the medical, resources, and advanced research fields that I'd say are pretty valid?
@Darohan @AndreasThinks Yes. It produced the prototype of the Covid vaccine within a day! That is amazing.
But that isn't what Big Tech intends to do with all these ressources.
Sam Altman just admitted that "we" need way more energy than "we" planned. He says, we need nuclear power and fusion for that. Fusion! The first experimental reactor is supposed to produce the first kilowatts in 2035. Than they build a demo reactor...
And in the meantime?
@Darohan @AndreasThinks And for what? So people can generate mails with CoPilot that the recipients summarize via CoPilot. Or you can easier find something on your smartphone.