Cryptocurrency or Artificial Intelligence - If You Could Only Have One...

[What Would Jesus Do?]

According to Science Friday, AI and Crypto both consume incredible amounts of energy and (I didn't know this) fresh water.

If we decided to clamp down on one of them to save that energy and water (and bring down the cost of graphics cards, of course), which one would you choose to keep?

Understanding And Curbing Generative AI’s Energy Consumption

As the environmental costs of tools like ChatGPT and DALL-E mount, governments are demanding more clarity from tech companies.

www.sciencefriday.com

 

[TennNole17]

Kill both

 

[alaskanseminole]

Interesting poll! While I totally get the hype around Artificial Intelligence and Cryptocurrency, I'm not sure how they're gonna work their magic to get FSU out of the ACC! Let's hope they've got some surprises up their sleeves.

 

[FAUlty Gator]

Cryptocurrency is useless. Artificial value. AI may cure cancer...or destroy us all.

 

[FAUlty Gator]

According to Science Friday, AI and Crypto both consume incredible amounts of energy and (I didn't know this) fresh water.

If we decided to clamp down on one of them to save that energy and water (and bring down the cost of graphics cards, of course), which one would you choose to keep?

Understanding And Curbing Generative AI’s Energy Consumption

As the environmental costs of tools like ChatGPT and DALL-E mount, governments are demanding more clarity from tech companies.

www.sciencefriday.com

You should add weed and almonds to this for water consumption. Or do a separate one.

 

[ConvenientParking]

You should add weed and almonds to this for water consumption. Or do a separate one.

Easy, nobody has a fatal weed allergy or we'd have heard about it by now. Almonds can FOAD

 

[FAUlty Gator]

Easy, nobody has a fatal weed allergy or we'd have heard about it. Almonds can FOAD

That was faster than I thought.

 

[FAUlty Gator]

Easy, nobody has a fatal weed allergy or we'd have heard about it by now. Almonds can FOAD

Oh yeah!

 

[What Would Jesus Do?]

You should add weed and almonds to this for water consumption. Or do a separate one.

You're good at polls, as I recall.

Be sure to add fracking to the list of water threats. Climate change is expected to generate water wars, so that probably belongs in your poll, too. What else...?

 

[seminole97]

Cryptocurrency is useless. Artificial value. AI may cure cancer...or destroy us all.

The value of a medium of exchange that the government cannot control the spending of, and cannot counterfeit, is real, not artificial.

 

[What Would Jesus Do?]

The value of a medium of exchange that the government cannot control the spending of, and cannot counterfeit, is real, not artificial.

Oh brother. Here we go again.

 

[What Would Jesus Do?]

Speaking of AI

 

[seminole97]

Oh brother. Here we go again.

No, we don’t.
Because you’ll abandon the conversation before ever understanding the value some people see that you haven’t yet.

Can you understand why there is value in a medium of exchange that the Premier of Canada can’t arbitrarily prevent you from spending? Or that the Argentinian government can’t counterfeit?

 

[What Would Jesus Do?]

Because you’ll abandon the conversation before ever understand the value some people see that you haven’t yet.

I tend to abandon fruitless conversations with people who spew dogmatic free-market religious nonsense in word salad format.

 

[BioHawk]

How about AI to manage my cryptocurrency?

 

[What Would Jesus Do?]

How about AI to manage my cryptocurrency?

Two words: Tulip Mania.

If the AI is any good, it will recognize the inherent bubbliness of crypto. So unless you instruct your AI to ignore risk to you and harm to the economy and environment, it will probably pull you away from heavy investment.

Governments could make crypto into a "real" currency. And maybe they will. Bad idea, but could happen. I wonder how our free-marketeer zealots would feel about that.

 

[seminole97]

I tend to abandon fruitless conversations with people who spew dogmatic free-market religious nonsense in word salad format.

Nothing religious. You just refuse to answer questions that would provide the answers you lack.

e.g. Can you understand why there is value in a medium of exchange that the Premier of Canada can’t arbitrarily prevent you from spending? Or that the Argentinian government can’t counterfeit?

By refusing to honestly answer these questions you can keep telling yourself that bitcoin has no value.
Like you did a moment ago.
Like you’ve done every time we have this discussion.

 

[seminole97]

Governments could make crypto into a "real" currency.

What does that mean to you?

And maybe they will. Bad idea, but could happen. I wonder how our free-marketeer zealots would feel about that.

CBDC will be another fiat, just one that the authorities can more readily track and debase than their current fiat currencies.

 

[Here_4_a_Day]

Yes, both are going away real soon! 🤡

Amazon spends $2.75 billion on AI startup Anthropic in its largest venture investment yet

Amazon is spending billions more to back an artificial intelligence startup as it looks for an edge in this new technology arms race.

www.cnbc.com

 

[AlisonNorth80y]

Between cryptocurrency and artificial intelligence, it's like choosing between apples and oranges, each offering unique opportunities and challenges. If I had to pick one, I'd lean towards artificial intelligence for its transformative potential across industries. AI could revolutionize healthcare, transportation, and even the way we interact with technology on a daily basis.

On the flip side, cryptocurrency has its own magic, providing a decentralized way to handle finances and potentially reshape global economies. So, it's a tough call, but AI might edge out crypto in terms of long-term impact.

By the way, you folks might want to check out this interesting platform: https://immediateedgeapp.org/. It ties in with this discussion on cryptocurrencies and AI.

 

[seminole97]

Between cryptocurrency and artificial intelligence, it's like choosing between apples and oranges, each offering unique opportunities and challenges. If I had to pick one, I'd lean towards artificial intelligence for its transformative potential across industries. AI could revolutionize healthcare, transportation, and even the way we interact with technology on a daily basis.

Sounds like something AI would say…

 

[Here_4_a_Day]

Two words: Tulip Mania.

If the AI is any good, it will recognize the inherent bubbliness of crypto. So unless you instruct your AI to ignore risk to you and harm to the economy and environment, it will probably pull you away from heavy investment.

Governments could make crypto into a "real" currency. And maybe they will. Bad idea, but could happen. I wonder how our free-marketeer zealots would feel about that.

How the **** do you envision governments turning crypto—Bitcoin anyway— into something it already is? By design, governments will never have that type of control over Bitcoin.