Re:A CERN for Open Source Large-Scale AI
by ramblenode on Sunday April 09, 2023 @08:08PM
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A pretty large majority (79%) of Americans are concerned about how their data is being used by companies. 75% would like some kind of regulation on what companies can do with their data [0]. The fact that the US government is so unwilling/unable to do anything despite such popular support is an indictment of the idea that Americans are better off just because the economy is doing well.
The problem with comparing economies is that something which is a net positive for GDP can still be a net negative for most of the actual people living under that economy. The resource curse of petro states is a classic example, but in the US one could look at synthetic opioids, casinos, strip mining, or even social media. More money is moving but are most people better off? The US (economy) is the richest it's ever been but despite this there seems to be a rising tide of pessimism, unafordability, and distrust of institutions.
[0] https://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2019/11/15/key-takeawa...
Re:A CERN for Open Source Large-Scale AI
by cscurmudgeon on Sunday April 09, 2023 @08:12PM
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Where is equivalent survey for EU citizens?
Now the EU gets GDPR, while the US gets GPT-4. I cannot think of any influential EU AI companies, except for DeepL. While even the UK has two (Deepmind, Stability). I cannot see a more damning indictment of EU's tech policy than this.
But this seems to be the future that Europeans want, aging, resentful of changes, yet somehow mass importing immigrants to serve the pensioners. Italy now has 50% GDP per capita compared to the US, I think it'll end up being 33% by 2050.