“What trillion-dollar problem is AI trying to solve?”

Wages. They’re trying to use it to solve having to pay wages.

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    The trash bin of history is full of ideas that absorbed enormous amounts of resources and labor, only to flounder on implementation. The idea that Sam Altman’s pet project just needs another trillion to take off is heavily predicated on him building the next Model T and not the next Hindenburg.

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      The Hindenburg exploded due to political reasons. It was capable of flying with helium, but the US was the biggest He producer in the world during the time.

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        Americans rapidly constructing for-profit nuclear power plants to power AI server farms without any kind of plan on where to source fuel or dispose of waste won’t know anything about this.