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Microsoft has pulled back on over a gigawatt of planned data center capacity, suggesting that they do not think there is a growth future in generative AI (www.wheresyoured.at)
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[–] WaxiestSteam69@lemmy.world 3 points 3 months ago (2 children)

It seems like Microsoft has recognized what a money pit OpenAI is and will continue to be. If OpenAI turns out to be a failure what happens to generative AI in general. Tech always needs a "next big thing" to grow and raise money. Mature technologies aren't useful for this purpose. Maybe tech has peaked and we're in a phase where we'll get incremental improvements with no big breakthroughs.

[–] droplet6585@lemmy.ml 2 points 3 months ago (1 children)

What was the last breakthrough that wasn't a pile of fraud? Multicore processors?

[–] WaxiestSteam69@lemmy.world 1 points 3 months ago (1 children)

It's been a while since I remember a truly innovative and exciting tech announcement. Web 3.0, Crypto, and now AI have all been kind of hype driven duds.

[–] droplet6585@lemmy.ml 2 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

Computers as tools peaked at email, spreadsheets and hypertext.

Everything since is just rent seeking seeping in.

[–] VisionaryBongo@lemmy.ml 2 points 3 months ago

It could also be the result of deepseek. Microsoft could be forcing a constraint on its development in order to push innovation towards more efficient models.