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Weird, I thought AI was going to create so much economic surplus that we wouldn’t know what to do with it. What happened?
Please read the actual article instead of blindly responding to the title.
I honestly disagree with this article - it seems to be conflating "economic activity" with extremely high-end real estate sales data in certain neighborhoods. The city feels much more alive in the past 12 months than it was previously, and there is a lot more energy and public events. If there's anything specific to complain about, it's that the AI boom has led to the 996+ crowd staying inside and not contributing much to the local scene, but honestly that's probably fine with everyone involved.
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It is happening, just as planned and predicted. Last I checked every so-called AI company is swimming in cash, and so are their founders and leaders. You didn’t think the economic surplus would be evenly distributed, did you?
Swimming in borrowed or imaginary cash without any hope of paying it back in the foreseeable future.
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It is happening, just as planned and predicted. Last I checked every so-called AI company is swimming in cash, and so are their founders and leaders. You didn’t think the economic surplus would be evenly distributed, did you?
Some people said in their manifestos that AI was going to be Open and democratized and would benefit all of humanity. It was 100% a rugpull but charitably not quite 100% predictable.
What do you mean by "open"?
By "open" did those people mean "free as in beer"?
What does rugpull mean in this context?
Weird, I thought AI was going to create so much economic surplus that we wouldn’t know what to do with it. What happened?
Please read the actual article instead of blindly responding to the title.
Anybody who has tried to rent an apartment in SF in the past 6 months knows that the city is rebounding fast - avg rents are skyrocketing again and there are lines out the door for 1/2bds. People are locked-in to their covid specials that they outgrew, but can't afford to leave. I watched some friends offer to pay 12 months of rent up-front in cash for a place and still got outbid by another offer. I honestly disagre…
My hunch is the people that are competing for housing are mostly new AI sector transplants, who will do the same thing that has ruined the city to begin with. Do nothing to support the local community, spend all their time in Hayes Valley and Marina, buy a Tesla or Porsche that they can drive on the 280 to San Jose, Monterey, Napa - then return to the city to order doordash before trading crypto until they fall asleep and repeat.
I have a few friends who are still stuck in SF and they say the city feels the most soulless and rude it’s ever felt. It’s actually made one of my friends turn to anti-depressants as he’s really struggling. He vents to me a lot about how he doesn’t feel like he can connect or talk to anyone anymore, not even baristas at a coffee shop, because everyone has become so anemic.
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Some people said in their manifestos that AI was going to be Open and democratized and would benefit all of humanity. It was 100% a rugpull but charitably not quite 100% predictable.
What people? What do you mean by "open"? By "open" did those people mean "free as in beer"? What does rugpull mean in this context?
Currently, Elon is suing Altman because Altman turned it for profit. Oddly, in that Elon is taking the moral road?
Anybody who has tried to rent an apartment in SF in the past 6 months knows that the city is rebounding fast - avg rents are skyrocketing again and there are lines out the door for 1/2bds. People are locked-in to their covid specials that they outgrew, but can't afford to leave. I watched some friends offer to pay 12 months of rent up-front in cash for a place and still got outbid by another offer. I honestly disagre…
Every sane and persons with a personality/hobby/soul I know who isn’t rotting away at their job, or a career employee at some south bay company they plan to retire from have all left SF for abroad, SoCal, or NYC. My hunch is the people that are competing for housing are mostly new AI sector transplants, who will do the same thing that has ruined the city to begin with. Do nothing to support the local community, spend…