Microsoft’s 3 billion bet on Copilot is assessed to be a disaster

[SvennoJ]

CaptainExplosion said:

SvennoJ said:

We did that back in the 80s, waiting for the bombs to fall while acid rain was destroying the forests. We're still here, but what doesn't kill you makes you stronger should be what doesn't kill you makes you more complacent... Humanity has been bombarded with existential threats for many decades, WW3, ozone layer, asbestos, mad cow disease, y2k, dot com bubble, peak oil, solar storms knocking out the power grid, global warming. So now you're regarded as "the boy who cried wolf" by the majority. Not that those were all false alarms, far from it, but that's how people interpret it when they don't die... Humanities downfall will be that hazards are only addressed after a tragedy occurs. One day that tragedy will be too big to recover from. Climate change might be it, going slow and irregular enough to be mostly ignored, yet irreversible with today's technology.

Feels like the world could end any day now.

The world (or rather the human race) ended when humans discovered fire. It just takes a while for the species to die out and make place for the next species to give 'it' a go ;) Humans are never satisfied and behave like a virus rather than seeking balance and sustainability. Imo the human race doesn't deserve to survive but of course I do want my kids to survive. That's the paradox of humanity, humans only care for those around themselves / in their group, and only look at short term gains. It has worked as a survival strategy for thousands of years, but it can't make a stable civilization.

The world can end any day, super volcano, meteor can happen any time. We're just here wasting time in between geological events :p

Greed is an unstoppable force, just like stupidity and shortsightedness. All we can do is try to enjoy ourselves while rearranging the deck chairs on the Titanic. Blowing up data centers will only speed up climate change... So join the fools and hope AI will save us from ourselves before you become too cynical like me :/