[ExI] stargate

[Kelly Anderson]

I really don't believe there will be another AI winter. The stuff we
have today is already terribly useful, and becoming more so all the
time. I can't imagine running my business without it to be honest. I
use it to delve into government bureaucracies and the labyrinth of
rules that they impose on us small business owners at least a few
times a week. The best materials development, protein folding,
materials science, math, computer programming, accounting, law advice,
art, videos, fake voices, self driving cars, perhaps soon useful
robots you don't have to be a genius to work. This seems like more
than enough to push things forward. Now, will there be a bubble?
That's a different question. Remember the 2000 Internet Bubble? Didn't
really kill the Internet now did it? Just put a few overly exuberant
investors back in their playpens for a minute.

The reason for the previous AI winters is that they didn't really
accomplish anything of much value. Great chess programs didn't change
the economy.

-Kelly

On Wed, Jan 22, 2025 at 5:06 AM efc--- via extropy-chat
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> On Wed, 22 Jan 2025, BillK via extropy-chat wrote:
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> > On Wed, 22 Jan 2025 at 01:00, spike jones via extropy-chat
> > <extropy-chat at lists.extropy.org> wrote:
> >> When I heard of this Stargate on the radio today, my first thought was: Ah jeez, some big scandal, they caught Trump colluding with space aliens now?
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> >> But it is some kind of AI initiative.  One would think they would know better than naming anything government related as anything-gate.
> >> spike
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> > Odd? Your first thought should have been about the famous Stargate
> > science fiction film and TV series.  :)
> > But the Stargate AI project seems real.
> > 500 billion USD! They are going for AGI super-intelligence or bust!
> > I hope our AGI overlords treat us nice.
> > BillK
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> > <https://openai.com/index/announcing-the-stargate-project/>
> > Quote:
> > The Stargate Project is a new company which intends to invest $500
> > billion over the next four years building new AI infrastructure for
> > OpenAI in the United States.
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> Fascinating! Given all the money that has been invested, I wonder what
> return on investment they are counting on and how long the investment
> horizon is?
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> Will be a spectacular implosion if/when we hit the next AI winter!
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