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Re: Microsoft employees are doubtful of AI's capabilities and company's AI bet

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Aren’t we all skeptical? What’s the real value exactly.

>Aren’t we all skeptical? What’s the real value exactly. What's the value in the 7 billion Meta paid for WhatsApp?

$19 billion for the single most popular service on the entire internet seems like a bargain and they just passed $1 billion in annual revenue last year.

As an American, WhatsApp seemed like an odd fit with Facebook but I also travel internationally a great deal. Almost every single interaction I have while traveling anywhere that isn't Europe and North America, from coordinating airport pickups with drivers to requesting fresh towels from hotel staff, occurs via WhatsApp nowadays.

It's actually really nice. I booked a dive in Belize earlier this year and all I did was scan a QR code of an ad I saw in the hotel, send them a screenshot of my NAUI app, sign a waiver from a link they sent me, then they sent a payment link, google maps directions, and instantly responded to my question when I couldn't find the right dock. All of this occurred on WhatsApp in the span of like 90 minutes.

In the US the process IS NOT that smooth.

Re: Microsoft employees are doubtful of AI's capabilities and company's AI bet

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So far I haven't seen any rational or critical thinking in this area. So, it's nice to see a little glimmer of hope here, that someone might at least say 'wtf are we doing?' The power consumption of these useless data centres is slap in the face to all of us with efficient cars, houses full of shitty LED lightbulbs, and low flush toilets. We shouldn't let them burn the planet to insert automatically incorrect text, fucked up faces and extra fingers.
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