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Re:Make-A-Video: AI system that generates videos from text by astrange on Thursday September 29, 2022 @04:20PM (#33026581)
Where do the inputs for the machines come from? ex: having a machine that generates CPUs out of sand and works for free would mean cheaper CPUs, but it would also mean a lot more employment in the sand industry, and there might not be a machine for creating sand.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jevons_paradox

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Re:Make-A-Video: AI system that generates videos from text by ericd on Thursday September 29, 2022 @08:08PM (#33029084)
Large mining robots? Some dump trucks are already autonomous, I'm guessing excavators aren't far.
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Re:Make-A-Video: AI system that generates videos from text by astrange on Thursday September 29, 2022 @09:11PM (#33029602)
Do they stop being autonomous when they get a flat tire?
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Re:Make-A-Video: AI system that generates videos from text by ericd on Friday September 30, 2022 @10:07AM (#33035010)
Currently, yeah, but people will certainly work down the priority chain.
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