booja@booja.ca to Canada@lemmy.ca · 6 months agoTrudeau Unveils $1.8 Billion Package for Canada's AI Sectorfinancialpost.comexternal-linkmessage-square32fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linkTrudeau Unveils $1.8 Billion Package for Canada's AI Sectorfinancialpost.combooja@booja.ca to Canada@lemmy.ca · 6 months agomessage-square32fedilink
minus-squareKichae@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·6 months agoWell, no, AI’s not actually making money. It’s drawing in speculators, though, so the hucksters hyping it are doing well for themselves. AI is another VC white elephant. It’s very expensive to run, with questionable reliability and a totally umclear future.
minus-squarexmunk@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up0·6 months agoWe’re making plenty of money, thank you very much - it also is a VC white elephant, you’re not wrong, but that VC firehose is currently pointed at AI and we’ve got plenty to fund salaries.
Well, no, AI’s not actually making money. It’s drawing in speculators, though, so the hucksters hyping it are doing well for themselves.
AI is another VC white elephant. It’s very expensive to run, with questionable reliability and a totally umclear future.
We’re making plenty of money, thank you very much - it also is a VC white elephant, you’re not wrong, but that VC firehose is currently pointed at AI and we’ve got plenty to fund salaries.