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

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358 points throw0101c | 1 comments | 18 Jul 25 19:59 UTC | HN request time: 0.213s | 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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alphazard ◴[18 Jul 25 20:53 UTC] No.44609712[source]▶
The rest of the world has not caught up to current LLM capabilities. If it all stopped tomorrow and we couldn't build anything more intelligent than what we have now: there would be years of work automating away toil across various industries.
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1. Winsaucerer ◴[19 Jul 25 09:44 UTC] No.44614001[source]▶
I'm one of those people who thinks simultaneously that (a) current AI cannot replace developers, it just isn't good enough (and I don't think it's good for it to write much code), and (b) AI is simply an incredible invention and will go down as one of the top 5 or 10 in history.

I've said the same thing as you, that there is a LOT left to be done with current AI capabilities, and we've barely scratched the surface.