News for hackers. Stuff that matters.

A comment on AI, but at What Cost? Breakdown of AI's Carbon Footprint. Parent comment

Re:AI, but at What Cost? Breakdown of AI's Carbon Footprint by entropi on Tuesday January 28, 2025 @08:39AM (#42852147)
Exactly. The whole goal is to remove the "skill premium" from the labor markets, as far as I can tell.

So I would argue that this whole thing is a net negative. We are spending tons of energy for net negative gains.

[ Parent | on HN ]
Re:AI, but at What Cost? Breakdown of AI's Carbon Footprint by visarga on Tuesday January 28, 2025 @09:41AM (#42852830)
Maybe it's a negative for you if you already have marketable skills, but a positive for others who want to get in.
[ Parent | on HN ]
Re:AI, but at What Cost? Breakdown of AI's Carbon Footprint by strogonoff on Tuesday January 28, 2025 @09:53AM (#42852966)
> Maybe it's a negative for you if you already have marketable skills, but a positive for others who want to get in.

I am not fully clear, to get in on what? The skill that is valued less and less? Or on being an LLM prompter? How much would a rational management be willing to pay a prompt writer (assuming they cannot automate that as well in the first place)?

[ Parent | on HN ]
Re:AI, but at What Cost? Breakdown of AI's Carbon Footprint by entropi on Tuesday January 28, 2025 @12:27PM (#42855132)
Yeah but if there is no requirement/barrier of entry to do a job; it becomes, pretty much by definition, a minimum wage job.

Is this the great future the AI promises? Almost everyone working for minimum wage while a few tech oligarch rules over all?

[ Parent | on HN ]