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Ilikepurple

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29. AI, as both a technology and a commodity, is in its infancy, but this thread makes some nice points

Reply to AZJonnie (Original post)

Fri Oct 31, 2025, 08:01 PM

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AZJonnie, thanks for putting thought into both your OP and your responses. It’s nice to see this kind of engagement in a discussion. I thank the rest of you for your input also.

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If you're confused about how the hell AI is going to make the kind of money needed to turn a profit, I'll illustrate [View all] AZJonnie Friday OP

I hope it replaces all of the investment bankers VMA131Marine Friday #1

I have worked with various forms of AI since the 1980s. Metaphorical Friday #2

I'm really not asserting that this is what will happen, but I believe machines capable of tasks on that scale AZJonnie Friday #3

Yes, I agree that is the selling point being used. Hugin Friday #5

Oh, I absolutely agree with that Metaphorical Friday #21

My own cursory queries bear out the approximate 30% error rate. Hugin Friday #4

Good points and good analysis. . . . nt Bernardo de La Paz Friday #6

You could have chosen any number of similar pie in the sky examples and they'd all be dreams but not selling points. Bernardo de La Paz Friday #7

Sure, I use Gemini Agentic via CLI everyday. But all I'm talking about is a collection of agents that effectively talk AZJonnie Friday #9

Remember that most agentic calls Metaphorical Friday #22

Well yeah I don't have Gemini running locally like I do Ollama and a couple other models AZJonnie Friday #23

Helpful Starbeach Friday #8

Too long to read. I'll bookmark it. QueerDuck Friday #10

And you'll end up with a 90k sqft ballroom LetsGetSmartAboutIt Friday #11

Stupid Question About AI Bibbers Friday #12

Some amateur answers... Hugin Friday #14

+1 leftstreet Friday #15

What a pile of bullshit. hunter Friday #13

The coding is useful...but the resto is just bullshit and will crash...the AI companies are Demsrule86 Friday #16

Yeah. I probably didn't make clear enough that my point was more political than technical AZJonnie Friday #17

I didn't mean to call you out...just interests me...I love computers and coding. Demsrule86 17 hrs ago #30

I've seen too many articles on problems with AI coding including security risks that aren't caught to be highplainsdem Friday #18

I probably should have made it more clear that my point was more political than technical AZJonnie Friday #19

That's very interesting, but I think there is a flaw in that MineralMan Friday #20

I really didn't mean it's definitely going to work and building a building was just a convenient illustration AZJonnie Friday #25

All well and good, but the energy demand will kill us (financially and literally) . . . . hatrack Friday #24

Yeah I certainly did not to have it come off sounding like it's all a 'good thing' ESPECIALLY not for the climate AZJonnie Friday #27

Priceline refund works on AI Turbineguy Friday #26

Fascinating discussion. Thank you all. cachukis Friday #28

AI, as both a technology and a commodity, is in its infancy, but this thread makes some nice points Ilikepurple Friday #29