Canadians aren’t sold on the hype that is AI, since what we have right now isn’t AI and it’s getting called that. Much the same way as HOVERBOARDS were a thing a decade ago, even though they didn’t hover.
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It’s kind of hard to be sold on the hype of thing whose only basis for hype is the sheer amount of investor cash thrown at it as opposed to any tangible benefits the thing provides. If anything, AI proves to be more a detriment than a boon especially when we factor in how resource intensive the support infrastructure for it is. Canadian skepticism is highly justified in this case.
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We’ve yet to see any demonstration that they significantly improve either the country or the province. They can have a significant impact on resources – mostly power and water – but provide very few long term jobs and little in terms of government revenues. The pitch so far seems to be “This stuff is cool, and diversifies your economy”, which is not entirely true.
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Canadians aren’t sold on the hype that is AI, since what we have right now isn’t AI and it’s getting called that. Much the same way as HOVERBOARDS were a thing a decade ago, even though they didn’t hover.
It’s kind of hard to be sold on the hype of thing whose only basis for hype is the sheer amount of investor cash thrown at it as opposed to any tangible benefits the thing provides. If anything, AI proves to be more a detriment than a boon especially when we factor in how resource intensive the support infrastructure for it is. Canadian skepticism is highly justified in this case.
We’ve yet to see any demonstration that they significantly improve either the country or the province. They can have a significant impact on resources – mostly power and water – but provide very few long term jobs and little in terms of government revenues. The pitch so far seems to be “This stuff is cool, and diversifies your economy”, which is not entirely true.