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The Coming Generative AIPocalypse

2024/12/6
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Ed Zitron
一位专注于技术行业影响和操纵的播客主持人和创作者。
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本期节目探讨了生成式AI领域当前面临的挑战和未来走向。主持人Ed Zitron认为，生成式AI技术已触及瓶颈，大型科技公司在芯片和数据中心上的巨额投入并未带来预期的产品和收益。他分析了英伟达GPU的散热问题、大型数据中心的建设难题以及生成式AI模型训练成本的急剧增加，指出这些问题都严重阻碍了生成式AI的进一步发展。此外，他还批评了生成式AI行业过度投资、缺乏可持续商业模式以及对环境和知识产权的损害。他认为，生成式AI的热潮是大型科技公司和媒体共同制造的集体幻觉，导致巨额资金浪费，最终可能导致行业崩盘。他呼吁人们对生成式AI保持警惕，并寻找更可持续的科技发展道路。

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The episode explores the challenges faced by big tech companies in the generative AI space, focusing on the limitations and financial burdens of building massive supercomputers and data centers.
  • NVIDIA's growth is tied to its CUDA architecture and AI GPU production.
  • The delay in NVIDIA's Blackwell GPU due to thermal performance issues.
  • The high costs and engineering challenges of cooling AI chips.

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We're approaching the end of the line for generative AI as big tech realizes that spending $200bn on chips and data centers isn't going to create any good products. In this episode, Ed Zitron walks you through what might happen - and why we should still have hope.

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