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Nobody Asked for AI
jacobin.com/2026/08/ai-llms-monopoly-bubble-capital
jacobin.comNobody Asked for AIWe tend to think that markets reflect consumer choice. But the artificial-intelligence boom has been powered by the investment decisions of concentrated capital rather than by consumer demand.
Replying to @sanitation@lemmy.today
I would say a lot of people would like competent assistants to do stuff like “Show me every email that mentions a hard drive order.” But not the AI they are trying to foist on us now.
Replying to @dan1101@lemmy.world
so people were asking for linux for decades
find "$path" -type f -print0 | xargs -0 grep -e "$what_to_look_for" /dev/null
Replying to @vane@lemmy.world
Yeah that, but with natural language input and output. To me the (mostly) natural language is the most impressive part of generative AI.