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

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338 points throw0101c | 1 comments | 18 Jul 25 19:59 UTC | HN request time: 0.472s | 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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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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1. 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.