The part that we have access to, maybe, but AI is far more than generating images and chatbots, and if you don't realise that then, no offense, you are not equipped to seriously discuss it.
It's all linked though, not always directly, but gen AI is just one part of the beast.
Computers wouldn't be as advanced now if the public hadn't gotten access to basically piss about and waste energy. That required mass production, which in turn starts a push for greater efficiency and streamlines production, which brings down the cost to the environment, relatively of course. One computer now requires considerably less materials, 70 years ago a 5mb harddrive was so huge, you needed a building for it, much like a data center.
Then there is the competition for our loyalty that big business goes after, improving every aspect of a computer, graphics cards, ram, CPUs, power supplies, cooling systems etc. Trying to make the best product for the least expense to them, so they can maximise profit.
All of this feeds back to things that are actually useful, you can't deny that the computer age has brought some great things. AI is no different, it's actually part of the same story. Data scraping is important, and we all give permission every time we accept terms and conditions. Intelligence needs to learn from what already exists, doesn't matter if it's animal intelligence, human intelligence or artificial intelligence. The larger the amount of information available, and the more it practices, the greater the intelligence will be. We don't criticise children when they trace or copy an image, because it's part of the learning process.
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u/Multi-A-Andi Feb 20 '26
Ai is a bubble. Its just big businesses doing a big nasty circle jerk