Discussion Class

Discussion Class Topics

- Friday the 13th of March -

(12pm)

- Is AI sustainable? Just a trend? -

AI has exploded in recent years. Every tech company is developing some kind of AI product or service. This has brought to attention the huge amount of resources required to sustain the AI infrastructure. Lots of water used to cool processors, and lots of RAM. So much so that the world is currently facing a shortage of RAM for other products (hence why computers and other such items are increasing in price).

But it this sustainable? Both from an environmental point, but also from an interest point. What I mean is, is AI just a quirky trend that everyone is interested in right now, but will soon fade away? This is a reasonable question, as 30-40 years everyone was asking the same thing about home computers and video games. And now video games are a staple in hundreds of millions of peoples' lives. Is AI going the same way, or will the bubble burst?

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- Friday the 13th of March -

(8pm)

- Is AI sustainable? Just a trend? -

AI has exploded in recent years. Every tech company is developing some kind of AI product or service. This has brought to attention the huge amount of resources required to sustain the AI infrastructure. Lots of water used to cool processors, and lots of RAM. So much so that the world is currently facing a shortage of RAM for other products (hence why computers and other such items are increasing in price).

But it this sustainable? Both from an environmental point, but also from an interest point. What I mean is, is AI just a quirky trend that everyone is interested in right now, but will soon fade away? This is a reasonable question, as 30-40 years everyone was asking the same thing about home computers and video games. And now video games are a staple in hundreds of millions of peoples' lives. Is AI going the same way, or will the bubble burst?

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- Sunday the 15th of March -

(11am)

- Endlessly Increasing Japanese Public Debt -

The Japanese Public Debt has only increased and increased. This normally would not be a problem for a growing economy, but the Japanese economy has been mostly stagnant for the past thirty years. Is it doomed to just increase indefinitely, or eventually will the government be able to get it under control?

What do you think? Should the government focus more on reducing the debt or are there more important things to focus on? What would you do if you were a high ranking bureaucrat?

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