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AI capex is so big that it's affecting economic statistics

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337 points throw0101c | 4 comments | 18 Jul 25 19:59 UTC | HN request time: 0s | source
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oytis ◴[18 Jul 25 20:21 UTC] No.44609364[source]▶
I just hope when (if) the hype is over, we can repurpose the capacities for something useful (e.g. drug discovery etc.)
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barbazoo ◴[18 Jul 25 20:45 UTC] No.44609635[source]▶
On the other hand, drug discovery sounds like it's a candidate for really benefitting from AI. To fuel AI model development, there maybe has to be all the garbage that comes with AI.
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lm28469 ◴[18 Jul 25 20:49 UTC] No.44609674[source]▶
What drugs? The leading causes of death are routine induced, 80% of cancers are caused by your environment, &c.

We have much better things to do with these billions

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ribosometronome ◴[18 Jul 25 20:57 UTC] No.44609752[source]▶
Drugs to cure the diseases caused by your environment. It's not as if people are suddenly going to be making perfect decisions (e.g. never getting a sunburn, not eating meat, avoiding sugary foods).
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1. logicchains ◴[18 Jul 25 21:18 UTC] No.44609949[source]▶
>Drugs to cure the diseases caused by your environment

Humans have so far completely failed to develop any drug with minimal side effects to cure lifestyle diseases; it's magical to think AI can definitely do it.

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2. astrange ◴[18 Jul 25 21:25 UTC] No.44610011[source]▶
Everything has side effects. In this case we have three pretty good interventions, Ozempic, FMT, and telling people to drink Coke Zero. The worst "side effect" is just that the first two are expensive.

Oh, in this case GP seems to be including sunscreen as a treatment for lifestyle diseases. Pretty sure those don't have side effects, but Americans don't get the good ones.

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3. nerevarthelame ◴[18 Jul 25 21:52 UTC] No.44610213[source]▶
Is your objection just over the word "cure"? Because hypertension, depression, arthritis, asthma are a few in an absurdly long list of lifestyle diseases that use drugs as a primary method of treatment.
4. ip26 ◴[18 Jul 25 23:14 UTC] No.44610851[source]▶
including sunscreen as a treatment for lifestyle diseases

HN, where "going outside" is considered a lifestyle.