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cross-posted from: https://lemm.ee/post/53805638

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[–] [email protected] 35 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago) (4 children)

I should really start looking into shorting stocks. I was looking at the news and Nvidia's stock and thought "huh, the stock hasn't reacted to these news at all yet, I should probably short this".

And then proceeded to do fuck all.

I guess this is why some people are rich and others are like me.

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[–] [email protected] 50 points 4 days ago (33 children)

I'm so happy this happened. This is really a power move from China. The US was really riding the whole AI bubble. By "just" releasing a powerful open-source AI model they've fucked the not so open US AI companies. I'm not sure if this was planned from China or whether this is was really just a small company doing this because they wanted to, but either way this really damages the western economy. And its given western consumers a free alternative. A few million dollars invested (if we are to believe the cost figures) for a major disruption.

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[–] [email protected] 72 points 4 days ago (37 children)

Okay seriously this technology still baffles me. Like its cool but why invest so much in an unknown like AIs future ? We could invest in people and education and end up with really smart people. For the cost of an education we could end up with smart people who contribute to the economy and society. Instead we are dumping billions into this shit.

[–] [email protected] 44 points 4 days ago

For the cost of an education we could end up with smart people who contribute to the economy and society. Instead we are dumping billions into this shit.

Those are different "we"s.

[–] [email protected] 22 points 4 days ago

Because the silicon valley bros had convinced the national security wonks in the Beltway that it was paramount for national security, technological leadership and economic prosperity.

I think this will go down as the biggest grift in history.

Kevin Walmsley reported on Deepseek 10 days ago. Last week, the smart money exited big tech. This week the panic starts.

I'm getting big dot-com 2.0 vibes from all of this.

https://youtube.com/@inside_china_business

[–] [email protected] 11 points 4 days ago

Education doesn't make a tech CEO ridiculously wealthy, so there's no draw for said CEOs to promote the shit out of education.

Plus educated people tend to ask for more salary. Can't do that and become a billionaire!

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[–] [email protected] 27 points 4 days ago (1 children)

Was watching bbc news interview some American guy about this and wow they were really pushing that it's no big deal and deepseek is way behind and a bit of a joke. Made claims they weren't under cyber attack they just couldn't handle having traffic etc.

Kinda making me root for China honestly.

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[–] [email protected] 32 points 4 days ago (1 children)

What the fuck are markets when you can automate making money on them???

Ive been WTF about the stock market for a long time but now it's obviously a scam.

[–] [email protected] 46 points 4 days ago (1 children)

The stock market is nothing more than a barometer for the relative peace of mind of rich people.

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[–] [email protected] 29 points 4 days ago

Great, a stock sale.

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