Path: csiph.com!eternal-september.org!feeder.eternal-september.org!nntp.eternal-september.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: John Ames Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.misc,alt.folklore.computers Subject: Re: naughty C (was Re: naughty Pascal) Date: Sat, 10 Jan 2026 23:34:32 -0800 Organization: A place where nothing fits quite right Lines: 42 Message-ID: <20260110233432.503028ee@coppelia.commodorejohn.com> References: <10j5qgf$3etcd$6@dont-email.me> <10j60bb$3hhps$1@dont-email.me> <7cadnTBwKKzA68r0nZ2dnZfqn_idnZ2d@giganews.com> <10jak55$13ji1$2@dont-email.me> <10jh3n1$3644m$1@nntp.eternal-september.org> <20260105115058.000054fc@gmail.com> <20260105133755.00005e21@gmail.com> <20260106083038.00000777@gmail.com> <10jn4al$15pib$2@dont-email.me> <10judtj$3eijl$2@dont-email.me> <10juqpa$3i6m5$1@dont-email.me> <20260110184115.4782eb44@coppelia.commodorejohn.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Injection-Date: Sun, 11 Jan 2026 07:34:35 +0000 (UTC) Injection-Info: dont-email.me; posting-host="e3ef8aba1be7197d5015ac7aeb660bce"; logging-data="3461103"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org"; posting-account="U2FsdGVkX1/hpoAkkCuIWOG4XnAaTjhRMzzW3W5WLRI=" Cancel-Lock: sha1:i/uOvTpY1nbQWzdW9ahvhOxuuDI= X-Newsreader: Claws Mail 3.18.0 (GTK+ 2.24.32; x86_64-pc-linux-gnu) Xref: csiph.com comp.os.linux.misc:80893 alt.folklore.computers:233511 On Sun, 11 Jan 2026 01:52:02 -0500 c186282 wrote: > Look ... nobody is going to be 'writing' much of ANYTHING within five > years. The "AI" will do it all - probably led by the pointy-haired > bosses who can't find their ass even with a spy sat. The "AI" bubble isn't going to *last* another five years, full stop. Frankly, I'll be shocked if it makes it to '28, if that. You're not wrong that the PHBs would *love* to have a Magic Genie Friend who answers their poorly-specified and unreasonable demands without question, even if it doesn't actually *work* - but the current trend of "throw as much raw compute at the same moronic Markov-chain solution as possible, and somehow scrounge up more training data than THE ENTIRE INTERNET" will collapse under its own weight *long* before we ever get there. Why? There plain-and-simple *isn't the money for it* - global VC funds are draining at a staggering rate and the needle is inching closer and closer to *empty,* and major financial backers have finally started to go "wait, what if throwing infinite money at a thing that doesn't work *isn't* a sound investment strategy...?" And meanwhile, the morons at the major "AI" startups are continuing on with their moronic strategy, so that they continually need fresh injections of *even more money than they asked for last time.* PHBs will double down on a bad bet every time, but even *they* only have so many hundreds of billions to throw around willy-nilly. I'd strongly encourage you to check out Ed Zitron on this point: https://www.wheresyoured.at/the-enshittifinancial-crisis/#blue-owl-in-a-coal-mine It's looking a helluva lot like the "pop" has *already started* - one of the easiest partners in the funding business is looking at new "AI" datacenter deals (which they're already up to their *eyeballs* in) and going "um, no thanks." That's a "Jurassic Park" ripple-in-the-glass moment, right there. In ten years, this will be the stupidest, most expensive fiasco of a footnote in the history of the tech industry, and more than likely the harbinger of a global financial disaster - but it *won't* be the End Of Knowledge Work that the PHBs keep fantasizing it will.