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User calls LLM economics a pyramid scheme, criticizes data center spending

A Mastodon user argues that the current economic model for Large Language Models (LLMs) is unsustainable, likening it to a pyramid scheme or a speculative moonshot for Artificial General Intelligence. The user contends that the primary beneficiaries are those who invest heavily in massive, wasteful data centers and can cash out quickly, rather than those who develop genuinely useful AI applications. This perspective critiques the capitalist framework driving current AI development, suggesting it prioritizes speculative investment over practical utility. AI

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  1. Mastodon — fosstodon.org TIER_1 · [email protected] ·

    There is no ROI for LLMs, it is a pyramid scheme or at best a moonshot for AGI. The winner is who spends the most to demonstrate commitment to building wasteful

    There is no ROI for LLMs, it is a pyramid scheme or at best a moonshot for AGI. The winner is who spends the most to demonstrate commitment to building wasteful datacenters, exploiting consumers, and cashes out first. That is not to say that AI, LLMs, genAI, etc are not genuinely…