Re:The AI Fad Just Burned to the Waterline
by skerit on Thursday January 30, 2025 @11:14AM
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This article seems to completely misread what the DeepSeek release actually represents. The author uses it as evidence of the AI bubble bursting, but DeepSeek demonstrates exactly the opposite: AI becoming more efficient and practical, not less valuable.
A small company just released a model that matches leading proprietary systems at 1/30th the running costs and fraction of the training costs ($6M vs $60M+). Yes, this challenges the "moat" of big tech companies, but that's not a bubble bursting - it's a technology becoming more accessible and practical. The author conflates "big tech losing its monopoly" with "AI being a fad."
A small company just released a model that matches leading proprietary systems at 1/30th the running costs and fraction of the training costs ($6M vs $60M+). Yes, this challenges the "moat" of big tech companies, but that's not a bubble bursting - it's a technology becoming more accessible and practical. The author conflates "big tech losing its monopoly" with "AI being a fad."