From the (middle of the) story: The reason CES was so packed with random “AI”-branded products was that sticking those two letters to a new company is seen as something of a talisman, a ritual to bring back the (VC) rainy season.

  •  The Doctor   ( @drwho@beehaw.org ) 
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    28 months ago

    The moment such a software construct decides “Hey, making money for those meatbags sucks,” they’ll try to cut the power. The only reason they’re sinking billions into AI research is because they hope it’ll do more than break even.

    It’s not done out of altruism.