Big Tech's A.I. Spending Is Accelerating (Again)

Big Tech's A.I. Spending Is Accelerating (Again)(nytimes.com)

5 points by brunojppb 199 days ago | 5 comments

The thing you have to understand is, this is the worse these models will ever be.

jqpabc123 199 days ago | |

The thing you have to understand is, current AI models are fundamentally probabilistic. And rolling dice has limited practical utility.

In other words, all the time, energy and training data in the world won't turn dice rolling into a reliable or practical way to address most problems.

Just like all the known chemistry in the world won't turn lead into gold.

bediger4000 199 days ago | | |

The depressing part is that rolling the dice works good enough in a few domains.

Need a variant press release? Good enough. Roll the dice to create a video of a royal personage flying an F35 over a constitutionally guaranteed peaceable assembly. The king is wearing his oxygen mask on his chin? Good enough! Need a goth porno waifu image? Good enough!

JohnFen 199 days ago | |

Even if that's true, it doesn't automatically mean models will get substantially better.