Not AI Companies, but billionaires. They have names, they're people, and we shouldn't let them hide behind "company". These are some of the people fucking us all over for nothing but their own hubris. They have too much power and money, they're delusional, and they need to be taxed, regulated, and stopped:
Sam Altman, Open AISundar Pichai, Alphabet, GoogleClay Magouyrk, OracleMark Zuckerberg, Meta, Facebook
Maybe eventually, but I doubt we'll see a house built entirely by machines from the bare ground, with the sewer and water system, electrical grid, roads, sidewalks street lights, etc. installed, to hand-over-the-key ready in our lifetimes.
I think many people imagine this is just around the corner is because they don't have a clue what goes into such a project.
In spite of the demonstration videos of robots running and jumping and carrying boxes and slowly sorting packages, none of them are anywhere close to being ready to handle construction jobs, or most manufacturing jobs. And, they can't design or make the machines that automate the processes.
It's a billionaire's dream that this is happening now, it's not. One of the major hurdles is power consumption, as we're all seeing while they build out these "data centers". Robots and computers cannot match the efficiency and self-sufficiency of a human. In a picture:
The only story I have here is back when I was married, we went out to eat with one of her old friends and her husband. I generously offered to pick up the bill without looking at it, and it was about $200, which surprised me. We didn't have a lot to drink. We were far from rich, I had to put it on a credit card and we paid it off eventually.
Mine's ~25 years old. It's second hand, so I'm not sure how old. It has worked perfectly from day one. I hate to talk about it, don't want to jinx it.
If it dies, I'll try to repair it. If I can't repair it, I'll look to buy an older used one somewhere.
Really though, I don't like when this sort of thing is publicized, because people who might decide to get rid of an old, perfectly usable fridge to buy a new one will learn that they shouldn't so there won't be as many used ones to choose from, and they'll be more expensive.
"Sam Altman says..."
Who fucking cares?