@raymondpert Oh, no, no, no, they have a "formula" for such things. Not only have people made a tiny group of people filthy rich for voluntarily being their data subjects, they'll now be paying the bill for them to become richer, processing all their juicy bits. #compute

An Overview of Type-In Computer Magazines
In the old old old old old old old OLD* days, people wrote computer programs by either filling boxes on paper cards or punching out squares, like they did (maybe still do?) for standardized tests. The cards would be fed into card reading devices, some of them called Hollerith
https://setsideb.com/an-overview-of-type-in-computer-magazines/
#indies #niche #retro #ahoy #compute #computesgazette #indie #magazine #niche #retro #run #software #typeins

There are things that grow exponentially. And yes, humanity is predictably bad at predicting things on an exponential growth trajectory.

Silicon Valley has made such a myth at this phenomenon, that they’re completely convinced this will play out with #AI as well.
Perhaps because it makes them feel smart?

But there’s no signal that the current models’ performance would keep on scaling exponentially with added #compute. On the contrary, it seems to be showing diminishing returns already.