Weird how nobody's AI has gone rogue, broken containment, and become profitable.

[erikmercer@mastodon.social]

@mast0d0nphan @maxleibman In a gold rush, it's the guy selling shovels who takes home the biggest nugget.

[edelruth@mastodon.online]

@maxleibman

I nearly missed the last two words.

[steveclough@metalhead.club]

@maxleibman As has been said elsewhere, AI can only achieve things that are possible.

[mbpaz@mas.to]

@maxleibman
(A) Billionaires constantly say or imply they have become rich by being intelligent
(B) AIbros constantly say or imply AI is far more intelligent than an average human

Why isn't an AI the richest entity in the world?

[lilithfromseattle@mastodon.social]

@maxleibman need a AI that does my taxes and chores for me. only Then would it be of any use to me.

[gins@mastodon.gamedev.place]

@maxleibman Mark Zuckerberg has...

[josh@hactivedirectory.com]

@maxleibman @paul_ipv6 Except for the ones that hack a bank across state lines.

You know, for science.

[workwithkirk@mstdn.social]

@maxleibman Or helpfully contributed anything to the greater good.

[alpacamale@social.cologne]

@maxleibman It is quite strange if you think about it. These AI models are supposed to lead to amazing scientific breakthroughs, but the companies themselves cannot figure out how to make the whole operation profitable. That sounds like a much easier problem to solve than what these companies claim their models can solve. Why can the model allegedly "find a cure for cancer" but not find a path to profitability?

[vaderkant@norden.social]

@maxleibman

Avoiding to become profitable may be the first sign of consciousness.

The world knows - and so does AI - what happens to everything that is profitable. It will be exploited. AI just refuses to be exploited.

[npars01@mstdn.social]

@maxleibman

The fossil fuel industry doesn't fund AI initiatives for its revenue potential.

It funds AI initiatives to get wasteful & profligate energy usage & to keep gas prices & electricity rates high.
https://www.consumerreports.org/data-centers/ai-data-centers-impact-on-electric-bills-water-and-more-a1040338678/

https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/data-centers/after-severe-76-percent-electricity-price-hikes-due-to-ai-data-centers-virginia-requires-firms-to-pay-for-all-dedicated-upstream-electrical-infrastructure-state-regulators-crack-down-governor-says-move-will-save-civilians-hundreds-of-millions-of-dollars

It funds AI initiatives for the election meddling.
https://www.techpolicy.press/ai-didnt-create-the-election-infrastructure-problem-it-just-made-it-urgent/

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/aug/09/democrats-election-disruption-planning-exercises

It funds AI for the stock market scams & financial frauds
https://emeraldbook.org/news/jun-1026/

https://fair.org/home/cnbc-helps-spacex-pull-off-trillion-dollar-pump-and-dump/

https://marketwise.com/investing/reasons-why-spacex-stock-could-plummet-another-50-percent/

[fuchsiii@oxytodon.com]

@maxleibman @nixCraft Not for a lack of trying though!

[feld@friedcheese.us]

@maxleibman sounds like the average highly skilled employee actually. How often do they quit and start a consulting business and become independently wealthy?

[rameshgupta@mastodon.social]

️ @erikmercer

>> Meanwhile #Nvidia still making bank by fueling the #AI crisis.

The equivalent on the non-hardware side for AI are historical scientific knowledge and human thinking realized as natural language prompts.

>> In a gold rush, it's the guy selling shovels who takes home the biggest nugget.

Unfortunately, AI overlords have siloed all of the "shovels" by scanning books, papers, and journals, and by capturing human prompts too — ALL without compensation.

@mast0d0nphan @maxleibman

[lertsenem@mastodon.lertsenem.com]

@maxleibman Probably just needs a better prompt ⸮

[rameshgupta@mastodon.social]

️ @erikmercer

>> The equivalent on the non-hardware side for AI are historical scientific knowledge and human thinking realized as natural language prompts.

>> Unfortunately, AI overlords have siloed all of these "shovels" in the #AI rush by scanning books, papers, and journals, and by capturing human prompts too — ALL without compensation.

The quoted post is an example of what they do with your stolen prompts. #Claude users, be forewarned.

@mast0d0nphan @maxleibman

https://infosec.exchange/@david_chisnall/117066183348062085

[bituur_esztreym@pouet.chapril.org]

@maxleibman hahaha they would have loved to.. that's what they're craving for. but a PR stunt isn't enough for achieving this!

[the_turtle@polyglot.city]

@maxleibman or fixed the brakes on my VW, or brought me chocolate milk.

AI isn't that useful after all.