Comment Comment by throw0101a > -LLMs profoundly change society -The LLM business is mangled in terms of ROIC vs CoCPeople seem to have forgotten the bust in railroads and Internet (etc), even though those technologies were transformative:* https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Technological_Revolutions_and_...One thing I'm wonder about: previous busts left useful infrastructure behind (rail, fibre) that could still be used. If/When the AI/LLM companies go bust, what will be left over afterwards and how useful will it be? parent throw0101a 1 month ago
People seem to have forgotten the bust in railroads and Internet (etc), even though those technologies were transformative:
* https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Technological_Revolutions_and_...
One thing I'm wonder about: previous busts left useful infrastructure behind (rail, fibre) that could still be used. If/When the AI/LLM companies go bust, what will be left over afterwards and how useful will it be?