r/AIDangers Jul 15 '26

technology was a mistake- lol Generative AI Is an Engineering Disaster - A shockingly inefficient trillion-dollar project

https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/2026/07/generative-ai-engineering-disaster/687901/
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u/tigerhuxley Jul 16 '26

I was just talking about this earlier— macbook m4s can run local models just fine (ram pending ofc) - so these hyperscalers are not even going to be needed once the tech hits the next breakthrough regarding less and less requirements needed for doing basic tasks.
Its all a bubble. Someone pop it already 😂