I loved this post Susi - especially where you compared the amount of investment the big players have put into AI, the scary job loss pronouncements, and the actual profit generated!! I actually quoted you on this in a couple of conversations that I had on Friday. Those conversations were focused on a different aspect of this paradigm. All the investment and all the focus on engineering process - how much power, how fast or some other mesaure of 'greatness' - but all in aid of what? Where's the real progress that will make significant improvements to people's lives? As one of the people I was speaking to said, why not focus on the world's 'big challenges' like clean drinking water, decarbonisation, food security and so on, and drive progress towards those goals.
Hey Joanna, so glad you've found this useful fuel for your conversations. The AI for good movement is strong, but sadly there isn't the money there yet. To an extent it may be that the investment in speed/ power is like any other industrialisation process - it looks excessive outside but it's necessary to build the engine for future needs. What is staggering though is the collosal investments and tiny gains.
As business professionals not building AI startups, we just need to worry less and get on with working out how to use what's available, staying focused on meeting our own needs.
I loved this post Susi - especially where you compared the amount of investment the big players have put into AI, the scary job loss pronouncements, and the actual profit generated!! I actually quoted you on this in a couple of conversations that I had on Friday. Those conversations were focused on a different aspect of this paradigm. All the investment and all the focus on engineering process - how much power, how fast or some other mesaure of 'greatness' - but all in aid of what? Where's the real progress that will make significant improvements to people's lives? As one of the people I was speaking to said, why not focus on the world's 'big challenges' like clean drinking water, decarbonisation, food security and so on, and drive progress towards those goals.
Hey Joanna, so glad you've found this useful fuel for your conversations. The AI for good movement is strong, but sadly there isn't the money there yet. To an extent it may be that the investment in speed/ power is like any other industrialisation process - it looks excessive outside but it's necessary to build the engine for future needs. What is staggering though is the collosal investments and tiny gains.
As business professionals not building AI startups, we just need to worry less and get on with working out how to use what's available, staying focused on meeting our own needs.