Comment on America’s top companies keep talking about AI — but can’t explain the upsides

• TempermentalAnomaly@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

  Are you talking about this line?

  Big Tech giants such as Microsoft, Alphabet, Amazon and Meta have regularly extolled AI’s benefits, pledging to invest $300bn this year alone to develop the infrastructure around large language models.

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  • FreedomAdvocate@lemmy.net.au ⁨4⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    Big Tech giants such as Microsoft, Alphabet, Amazon and Meta have regularly extolled AI’s benefits,

    Are you saying that you don’t know what these companies use AI for?

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    • TempermentalAnomaly@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      No. What I’m asking is if this is the line you were referring to. I wasn’t sure. If it is, these companies have a vested interest in “extolling AI’s benefits”. But if you’re not talking about this line, I don’t want to jump to conclusions. That’s why I asked.

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      • FreedomAdvocate@lemmy.net.au ⁨2⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

        I’m referring to the fact that they dont include the biggest companies because they know they can state and show what they use AI for and how it benefits them.

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• One_Honest_Dude@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

  Freeport-McMoran, which has a stockpile of copper, stated that “data centres and artificial intelligence developments” would support the metal’s price. The company also said the technology can help with material characterisation and mineral extraction. Equipment manufacturer Caterpillar reported that its energy business was benefiting from supporting “data centre growth related to cloud computing and generative artificial intelligence”.

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