The AI Gigafactories call is now open.

[davidculley@hachyderm.io]

@andre123 Maybe Jensen Huang promised @HennaVirkkunen a million or two if she steals billions from European taxpayers and funnels them into his coffers.

[andre123@snowfan.it]

@davidculley @HennaVirkkunen

Big Tech delenda est.

Or else EU risks to be burning every time it's summer.... but you know....we want to be an AI continent...‍️ (a burning AI continent).
At least It will make money for the stock markets and for.... what was the name again....lobbies ?

[hyperlinkyourheart@mastodon.ie]

@HennaVirkkunen booooooo

[earthtoneone@mstdn.social]

@HennaVirkkunen This post will not age well.

[simpleanecdote@mastodon.social]

@HennaVirkkunen It might be helpful to actually say what kind of "AI" we are chasing here with a drop in the ocean in terms of investment and 15 years too late. By looking at the link posted it seems mainly geared for LLMs - which is just stupid. Even if it were worthwhile tech, which it isn't, EU strong governance isn't conducive to "steal first, ask forgiveness later" mentality LLMs are built on.
Also please consider your language. "Factories" for no manufacturing. "AI" for no intelligence...

[angiebaby@mas.to]

@HennaVirkkunen

Why do you want to burn up the planet and dry up all the drinkable water? What is WRONG with you?

[darkphoenix@universeodon.com]

@FediThing @HennaVirkkunen
Where is Anonymous when you need them?

[junebug@doll.salon]

@HennaVirkkunen@ec.social-network.europa.eu

[novanaturalist@cosocial.ca]

@HennaVirkkunen snake oil for sale. Get it here!

[kaito02@mastodon.social]

@HennaVirkkunen

[hyperhyena@mastodon.moule.world]

@HennaVirkkunen BOOOOOO

[strigga_@mastodon.social]

@HennaVirkkunen

Wann be Part of the Party when the bubble pops?

[benroyce@mastodon.social]

@HennaVirkkunen

American here

I like to think of Europe as having some immunity to the crass plutocrat techbro bubble that is destroying my country

You're ruining my impression

Judging by the reactions to your post, maybe you want leave Europe and move here to shill climate destroying trendy nonsense?

I don't think you'll take me up on the offer. It probably bothers you. And it should

Think about why the idea of moving to the USA bothers you

And then think about what you're representing

[strigga_@mastodon.social]

@HennaVirkkunen
Build an uncommercial search engine with AI Features that actually work without hallucinating. just building data centers feels a bit like "take our money so the Jobs stay in europe"

How about building for the people and not for the industry

[omegapolice@hachyderm.io]

@HennaVirkkunen I've read enough Sci-Fi to know that an "AI continent" is not survivable.

[paraw@mathstodon.xyz]

@benroyce @HennaVirkkunen Ben, the problem is that many politicians are actually ignorant about what AI *actually* is. I'm writing this without moral judgment. Even a large number of colleagues are unaware of the way AI works, and of what it can and can't do. Thus, it's quite understandable that politicians believe the hype that companies and media promote, and believe AI will boost computing capabilities, or enable new scientific paradigms, without realising that it cannot discover what is not already there. So, the real problem is how to educate our politicians. I try to do my part whenever I have the occasion or I'm given the possibilities, but I feel this is a titanic endeavour.

[benroyce@mastodon.social]

@paraw @HennaVirkkunen

i wish you luck on the education effort

i think #AI is another version of the #crypto bubble but instead of hooking starry-eyed gambling degenerates, AI has hooked a certain class of business and govt bureaucrat

when crypto craters it destroys some randos

but when AI craters it's going to kill companies and leave govts strained

it's #technofetishization

suits jumping on a gossipy trendy buzzword bandwagon. little concrete benefit and, as you say, little understanding

[benroyce@mastodon.social]

@vgoller @HennaVirkkunen

well said

it does come across as Europe doing a "I want to go to the party too!" kind of cringe desperation

when, as you say, a better strategy would be to watch closely, tread cautiously, and only make a commitment when the benefits are obvious. like high end scientific applications

not this nervous clawing for relevance. that's a recipe for more irrelevance

Europe could be prudent and be left standing in the lead when the AI hysteria goes belly up elsewhere

[aho@mastodon.social]

@HennaVirkkunen why pay so much for a random string generators? Why not spend the money on developing a true AI that actually can think?

[painting_squirrel@muenchen.social]

@benroyce @paraw @HennaVirkkunen
Somewhat reminds of the fact that throughout history kings and the like often employed alchemists in order to discover how to turn lead into gold.

Except that people at the time had more reason to believe that turning lead into gold should be possible than we have to believe that LLMs will achieve AGI... and the alchemy stuff ended up actually significantly expanding human knowledge.

So I guess people in the future will think us more foolish than alchemists.