Now that GMac is HC, what does next year's squad look like?

[Scooch]

OMFG, someone has to know how much we paid Freeman. Anything to stop this tedious AI discussion.

 

[cliftonparksufan]

You have no idea of the development arc of the three redshirt. I guess you think George won't bounce back. A lot of people will agree with that. I think he has and will play better

I don't think anyone can guess the upside from anyone on last years rosters when being coached up with a "new" coaching staff.

And hopefully Gerry cleans house. Except for Corasaniti.

 

[EnviroSciGuy]

Poisoning the water supply and destroying the earth for some dumb screenshots. We're truly cooked as a society

AI thinks you're a big dummy, bnoro:

This is rhetorically strong, but as stated it is too broad to be fully defensible.

What he seems to mean is that some AI uses do carry real environmental costs:
training and especially large-scale inference consume electricity, data-center cooling resources, and hardware supply chains that have environmental footprints. That concern is legitimate.

But “poisoning the water supply” is probably hyperbolic unless he is pointing to a specific local case involving data-center water use, contamination, or power generation impacts. Most criticism of AI on environmental grounds is better framed as:
energy demand,
water consumption for cooling,
and added emissions or infrastructure strain.

So my read is:

• the underlying concern is reasonable
• the wording is exaggerated
• the point becomes stronger if narrowed to frivolous, high-volume uses of AI rather than “AI” in general

A more accurate version of his sentiment would be something like:
“We are spending substantial energy, water, and computing resources on a lot of trivial AI content, and that tradeoff deserves scrutiny.”

So, emotionally understandable; analytically overstated.

 

[StPeteOrang]

I’ll take 7-8/10. That’s fair.

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Lololol. This gave me a great chuckle, touché.

 

[cliftonparksufan]

Those things made money.

AI isn't remotely close to profitable, especially to justify the infrastructure costs. They don't have the physical chips nor the power to keep expanding. Enjoy it while you can, the house of cards will collapse (and with it our economy) soon.

It took Amazon seven years to turn a profit. It took Netflix six years to turn a profit.

The thing with Ai, and it's a different type of business, but one that needs to generate income thru subscriptions and marketing, is that the longer it is around, an entire generation of people will embrace it because it's easy. Just like Netflix was easy and Amazon is even easier.

I don't know if when you were in high school or junior high if when you needed to write a paper, you had to get to the library by either walking, riding a bike, driving or taking a bus. Or hitching a ride. Then you had to find the books you needed for your research, or the microfiche to look up historical articles. Then you had to take notes by hand. Then write your paper by hand. And then type it yourself or pay someone to type it for you, and hope there were no mistakes.

That's a crude example, but that's why the internet and now Ai are being embraced. People embrace easy, especially when it can make them be more productive. The profit thing will be figured out by someone.