There is a bit of AI spending one-upmanship going on among the hyperscalers and cloud builders – and now the foundation model builders who are partnering
  • Junkernaught@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
    4·
    1 hour ago

    Meanwhile, Amazon/AWS have reworked their corporate employees compensation so that employees get less in each annual review than previously. As well as making the top possible annual increment firmly out of reach.

  • infinitesunrise@slrpnk.netEnglish
    10·
    9 hours ago

    I love subsidizing these jackoffs energy bills in my own power bill /s. 17c/kwh for me, 3c/kwh for Bezos… From the same supplier.

      • Telorand@reddthat.comEnglish
        4·
        11 hours ago

        Of course not. My point was that these wealthier-than-god goobers just throw money at anything with the term “AI” attached with abandon, and that seems like a better road to relative wealth than playing the lottery.

  • SinningStromgald@lemmy.worldEnglish
    4·
    12 hours ago

    Oh goody! More nameless knockoff garbage at the top of my searches but now less relevant. Can’t wait.

    Is there an eject button on this hell ride?

  • kitnaht@lemmy.worldEnglish
    37·
    6 hours ago

    Why in hell are all these people on a Technology community who clearly don’t understand the reason why companies are all-in on the AI thing?

    I don’t want to pull a “no true scotsman” here, but holy christ. Are any of the people here actually technology enthusiasts? Because there’s a lot of technophobes and luddites here.

    In fact, I’d say MOST replies to this community are people pooh-poohing Tech.

  • Optional@lemmy.worldEnglish
    4·
    12 hours ago

    Sadly, they’ll gain only the earliest start on NextGen Evil, waste many earth-boiling watt hours doing it and pass the losses on to everyone else via streaming, taxes, whatever.