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It equally fascinates and scares how widespread AI is already being adopted by companies, especially at this stage. I can understand playing around a little with AI, even if its energy requirements can pose an ethical dilemma, but actually implementing it in a workflow seems crazy to me.
Actually, I think the profit motive will correct the mistakes here.
If AI works in their workflow and uses less energy than before.. well, that's an improvement. If it uses more energy, they will revert back because it makes less economic sense.
This doesn't scare me at all. Most companies strive to stay as profitable as possible and if a 1+1 calculation costs a company more money by using AI to do it, they'll find a cheaper way.. like using a calculator like they have before.
We're just nearing the peak of the Gartner hype cycle so it seems like everyone is doing it and its being sold at a loss. This will correct.
A problem right now is that most models are subsidied by investors. OpenAI's 2024 numbers were something like 2bn revenue ves 5bn expenses. All in the hopes of being the leader in a market that may not exist.