• The optics for Trump are humiliating

    From JAB@21:1/5 to All on Tue Jan 28 09:45:33 2025
    Trump Embraced AI and It Exploded Spectacularly in His Face

    The AI industry is set to lose a trillion dollars in one day.
    ..
    ..
    One of the first things Trump did was to proudly announce a massive
    $500 billion AI infrastructure project, dubbed Stargate, involving the
    likes of OpenAI, Japanese investment group SoftBank, and the software
    giant Oracle. The idea is to have the companies commit $100 billion
    combined -- with the goal of raising a total of $500 billion over the
    next four years -- to build unfathomably powerful new datacenters to
    power their buzzy industry.
    ..
    ..
    Now that DeepSeek, a startup reportedly born out of a Chinese hedge
    fund in 2023, has claimed its AI models can rival OpenAI's best at a
    tiny fraction of the cost, Wall Street has seemingly seen enough --
    and started unloading the gravy train.

    The optics for Trump are humiliating.

    "It's big money and high-quality people," Trump said during last
    week's Stargate announcement, calling it a "resounding declaration of confidence in America's potential."
    ...
    ...
    DeepSeek has turned the hype surrounding the tech upside down,
    triggering widespread concerns that the AI industry may be massively overspending. Awkwardly, the companies behind Stargate have already
    broken ground, with the first enormous data center, the size of New
    York City's Central Park, already under construction near Abilene,
    Texas.

    https://futurism.com/trump-embraced-ai-exploded-deepseek

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  • From D@21:1/5 to JAB on Tue Jan 28 21:44:02 2025
    On Tue, 28 Jan 2025, JAB wrote:

    Trump Embraced AI and It Exploded Spectacularly in His Face

    The AI industry is set to lose a trillion dollars in one day.
    ..
    ..
    One of the first things Trump did was to proudly announce a massive
    $500 billion AI infrastructure project, dubbed Stargate, involving the
    likes of OpenAI, Japanese investment group SoftBank, and the software
    giant Oracle. The idea is to have the companies commit $100 billion
    combined -- with the goal of raising a total of $500 billion over the
    next four years -- to build unfathomably powerful new datacenters to
    power their buzzy industry.
    ..
    ..
    Now that DeepSeek, a startup reportedly born out of a Chinese hedge
    fund in 2023, has claimed its AI models can rival OpenAI's best at a
    tiny fraction of the cost, Wall Street has seemingly seen enough --
    and started unloading the gravy train.

    The optics for Trump are humiliating.

    "It's big money and high-quality people," Trump said during last
    week's Stargate announcement, calling it a "resounding declaration of confidence in America's potential."
    ...
    ...
    DeepSeek has turned the hype surrounding the tech upside down,
    triggering widespread concerns that the AI industry may be massively overspending. Awkwardly, the companies behind Stargate have already
    broken ground, with the first enormous data center, the size of New
    York City's Central Park, already under construction near Abilene,
    Texas.

    https://futurism.com/trump-embraced-ai-exploded-deepseek


    Trump couldn't care less. It is painful for his tech bros though. They are
    in pain today.

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  • From JAB@21:1/5 to nospam@example.net on Tue Jan 28 14:50:58 2025
    On Tue, 28 Jan 2025 21:44:02 +0100, D <nospam@example.net> wrote:

    Trump couldn't care less.

    Of course, most of his "base" have a memory/reasoning deficit
    issue(s).

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  • From D@21:1/5 to JAB on Wed Jan 29 14:54:14 2025
    On Tue, 28 Jan 2025, JAB wrote:

    On Tue, 28 Jan 2025 21:44:02 +0100, D <nospam@example.net> wrote:

    Trump couldn't care less.

    Of course, most of his "base" have a memory/reasoning deficit
    issue(s).


    Not correct statement. Science proves that republicans are more
    intelligent than democrats. That is why the US is now entering upon a
    journey towards a new golden era as the best and most powerful nation on
    the planet!

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  • From JAB@21:1/5 to nospam@example.net on Thu Jan 30 11:56:47 2025
    On Tue, 28 Jan 2025 21:44:02 +0100, D <nospam@example.net> wrote:

    It is painful for his tech bros though. They are
    in pain today.

    DeepSeek Has Taught AI Startups a Lesson Automakers Learned Years Ago

    This week, some auto industry observers felt a creeping sense of deja
    vu. Seemingly out of nowhere, a Chinese firm made international
    headlines by besting Western companies at the tech they supposedly
    invented.

    https://www.wired.com/story/china-taught-ai-startups-a-lesson-automakers-learned-years-ago/

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  • From D@21:1/5 to JAB on Thu Jan 30 22:08:16 2025
    On Thu, 30 Jan 2025, JAB wrote:

    On Tue, 28 Jan 2025 21:44:02 +0100, D <nospam@example.net> wrote:

    It is painful for his tech bros though. They are
    in pain today.

    DeepSeek Has Taught AI Startups a Lesson Automakers Learned Years Ago

    This week, some auto industry observers felt a creeping sense of deja
    vu. Seemingly out of nowhere, a Chinese firm made international
    headlines by besting Western companies at the tech they supposedly
    invented.

    https://www.wired.com/story/china-taught-ai-startups-a-lesson-automakers-learned-years-ago/


    This is the truth! Yet another area where we are in perfect agreement.
    Very scary when this happens. ;)

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