Is there an AI Bubble due to unrealistic expectations and mindless capital allocation?

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BOE just issued a warning about steep correction in stock market especially tech stocks citing AI bubble level valuations.

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Am sure a correction will happen but we are just at the beginning of the AI revolution. It is already changing how I find and use knowledge. Most of you complaining about a bubble are ignoring the long term transformation AI is unleashing on our world. Just ride out the bubble, I am in for the long haul.

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Anonymous wrote:Am sure a correction will happen but we are just at the beginning of the AI revolution. It is already changing how I find and use knowledge. Most of you complaining about a bubble are ignoring the long term transformation AI is unleashing on our world. Just ride out the bubble, I am in for the long haul.

I haven't seen it produce anything more than a traditional google search can- and so often when you search things you are knowledgeable about, it produces incorrect info. I am fine not being unleashed and having electricity usage go down to normal levels so we don't burn up the planet any faster than we already are.

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Anonymous wrote:Am sure a correction will happen but we are just at the beginning of the AI revolution. It is already changing how I find and use knowledge. Most of you complaining about a bubble are ignoring the long term transformation AI is unleashing on our world. Just ride out the bubble, I am in for the long haul.

I haven't seen it produce anything more than a traditional google search can- and so often when you search things you are knowledgeable about, it produces incorrect info. I am fine not being unleashed and having electricity usage go down to normal levels so we don't burn up the planet any faster than we already are.

Then you are not paying attention. AI has already changed how almost everything operates and it will keep doing so. But at the same time there could be a correction. But it is just not likely.

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Anonymous wrote:Am sure a correction will happen but we are just at the beginning of the AI revolution. It is already changing how I find and use knowledge. Most of you complaining about a bubble are ignoring the long term transformation AI is unleashing on our world. Just ride out the bubble, I am in for the long haul.

I haven't seen it produce anything more than a traditional google search can- and so often when you search things you are knowledgeable about, it produces incorrect info. I am fine not being unleashed and having electricity usage go down to normal levels so we don't burn up the planet any faster than we already are.

Then you are not paying attention. AI has already changed how almost everything operates and it will keep doing so. But at the same time there could be a correction. But it is just not likely.

Can you give a few big examples of this? Other than college students using it to produce bland copy for their English 102 courses.

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Anonymous wrote:Am sure a correction will happen but we are just at the beginning of the AI revolution. It is already changing how I find and use knowledge. Most of you complaining about a bubble are ignoring the long term transformation AI is unleashing on our world. Just ride out the bubble, I am in for the long haul.

I haven't seen it produce anything more than a traditional google search can- and so often when you search things you are knowledgeable about, it produces incorrect info. I am fine not being unleashed and having electricity usage go down to normal levels so we don't burn up the planet any faster than we already are.

Then you are not paying attention. AI has already changed how almost everything operates and it will keep doing so. But at the same time there could be a correction. But it is just not likely.

Can you give a few big examples of this? Other than college students using it to produce bland copy for their English 102 courses.

Because using an Excel that produces 57% accuracy isn't exactly making me think it's world changing.

https://hothardware.com/news/microsoft-365-adds-ai-agents-to-word-excel--powerpoint

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Anonymous wrote:Am sure a correction will happen but we are just at the beginning of the AI revolution. It is already changing how I find and use knowledge. Most of you complaining about a bubble are ignoring the long term transformation AI is unleashing on our world. Just ride out the bubble, I am in for the long haul.

I haven't seen it produce anything more than a traditional google search can- and so often when you search things you are knowledgeable about, it produces incorrect info. I am fine not being unleashed and having electricity usage go down to normal levels so we don't burn up the planet any faster than we already are.

Give an example of something you're knowledgeable about and what you're asking the AI to do. I'll test it on several of the leading foundation models.

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Anonymous wrote:Am sure a correction will happen but we are just at the beginning of the AI revolution. It is already changing how I find and use knowledge. Most of you complaining about a bubble are ignoring the long term transformation AI is unleashing on our world. Just ride out the bubble, I am in for the long haul.

I haven't seen it produce anything more than a traditional google search can- and so often when you search things you are knowledgeable about, it produces incorrect info. I am fine not being unleashed and having electricity usage go down to normal levels so we don't burn up the planet any faster than we already are.

Give an example of something you're knowledgeable about and what you're asking the AI to do. I'll test it on several of the leading foundation models.

See how it works is the person making the claim about something new has to show how it is valuable and useful. And how existing tools can't do that thing.

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Anonymous wrote:Am sure a correction will happen but we are just at the beginning of the AI revolution. It is already changing how I find and use knowledge. Most of you complaining about a bubble are ignoring the long term transformation AI is unleashing on our world. Just ride out the bubble, I am in for the long haul.

I haven't seen it produce anything more than a traditional google search can- and so often when you search things you are knowledgeable about, it produces incorrect info. I am fine not being unleashed and having electricity usage go down to normal levels so we don't burn up the planet any faster than we already are.

Then you are not paying attention. AI has already changed how almost everything operates and it will keep doing so. But at the same time there could be a correction. But it is just not likely.

Can you give a few big examples of this? Other than college students using it to produce bland copy for their English 102 courses.

Using Google as a comparison for missing the forest for the trees, Google is the search engine but the tool is the computer, which transformed our lives beyond recognition. AI is the same. The chatgpts is like Google, it's an accessible mean. But behind the scene far more is going on in every area of how we use technology. At a minimum, even you can see how AI has accelerated output overnight.

But I will also give you a good example of how AI affects me beyond the quicker papers or creative images. Since the beginning of the summer I have been using AI to track the progress of my father's illness, he has a progressive neurological disease. I ask AI for updates on his progress based on the observations I feed into AI. The AI turn gives me updated prognosis of where he is in his illness and what to expect next.

The AI has been far more detailed, and dare I say it, accurate in its prognosis and the pacing of his progressive decline than any of his doctors or nurses. And my father has a pretty rare condition. Google search would not be able to do this for me.

AI is already radically changing healthcare in other areas beyond diagnosis. And this is just one sector.

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Anonymous wrote:Am sure a correction will happen but we are just at the beginning of the AI revolution. It is already changing how I find and use knowledge. Most of you complaining about a bubble are ignoring the long term transformation AI is unleashing on our world. Just ride out the bubble, I am in for the long haul.

I haven't seen it produce anything more than a traditional google search can- and so often when you search things you are knowledgeable about, it produces incorrect info. I am fine not being unleashed and having electricity usage go down to normal levels so we don't burn up the planet any faster than we already are.

Then you are not paying attention. AI has already changed how almost everything operates and it will keep doing so. But at the same time there could be a correction. But it is just not likely.

Can you give a few big examples of this? Other than college students using it to produce bland copy for their English 102 courses.

Using Google as a comparison for missing the forest for the trees, Google is the search engine but the tool is the computer, which transformed our lives beyond recognition. AI is the same. The chatgpts is like Google, it's an accessible mean. But behind the scene far more is going on in every area of how we use technology. At a minimum, even you can see how AI has accelerated output overnight.

But I will also give you a good example of how AI affects me beyond the quicker papers or creative images. Since the beginning of the summer I have been using AI to track the progress of my father's illness, he has a progressive neurological disease. I ask AI for updates on his progress based on the observations I feed into AI. The AI turn gives me updated prognosis of where he is in his illness and what to expect next.

The AI has been far more detailed, and dare I say it, accurate in its prognosis and the pacing of his progressive decline than any of his doctors or nurses. And my father has a pretty rare condition. Google search would not be able to do this for me.

AI is already radically changing healthcare in other areas beyond diagnosis. And this is just one sector.

I am really glad you are finding it so helpful. I am sure it's really helpful to have had predictions that gave you a good sense of what was to come.

At the same time, I don't think what you describe is transformative like the computer was when it became widespread. Sounds like an additional useful tool like the search engine. Valuable? Certainly. Worth trillions along with using up ungodly amounts of electricity? Doesn't seem like it.

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Anonymous wrote:Am sure a correction will happen but we are just at the beginning of the AI revolution. It is already changing how I find and use knowledge. Most of you complaining about a bubble are ignoring the long term transformation AI is unleashing on our world. Just ride out the bubble, I am in for the long haul.

I haven't seen it produce anything more than a traditional google search can- and so often when you search things you are knowledgeable about, it produces incorrect info. I am fine not being unleashed and having electricity usage go down to normal levels so we don't burn up the planet any faster than we already are.

Then you are not paying attention. AI has already changed how almost everything operates and it will keep doing so. But at the same time there could be a correction. But it is just not likely.

Can you give a few big examples of this? Other than college students using it to produce bland copy for their English 102 courses.

Using Google as a comparison for missing the forest for the trees, Google is the search engine but the tool is the computer, which transformed our lives beyond recognition. AI is the same. The chatgpts is like Google, it's an accessible mean. But behind the scene far more is going on in every area of how we use technology. At a minimum, even you can see how AI has accelerated output overnight.

But I will also give you a good example of how AI affects me beyond the quicker papers or creative images. Since the beginning of the summer I have been using AI to track the progress of my father's illness, he has a progressive neurological disease. I ask AI for updates on his progress based on the observations I feed into AI. The AI turn gives me updated prognosis of where he is in his illness and what to expect next.

The AI has been far more detailed, and dare I say it, accurate in its prognosis and the pacing of his progressive decline than any of his doctors or nurses. And my father has a pretty rare condition. Google search would not be able to do this for me.

AI is already radically changing healthcare in other areas beyond diagnosis. And this is just one sector.

I am really glad you are finding it so helpful. I am sure it's really helpful to have had predictions that gave you a good sense of what was to come.

At the same time, I don't think what you describe is transformative like the computer was when it became widespread. Sounds like an additional useful tool like the search engine. Valuable? Certainly. Worth trillions along with using up ungodly amounts of electricity? Doesn't seem like it.

Have you contemplated we may someday be able to use AI to assess a young person and come up with a fairly accurate prediction for his or her's life expectancy including health problems and likelihood of developing certain cancers? And how that would affect our decision making across our lives?

AI is already being used in prosthetics and helping paralyzed people regain lost functions. It's helping deaf people hear.

I am not expecting AI to solve every problem nor pretend that it won't create problems of its own. But discounting AI now reminds me of people back in the 1990s saying computers were just vanity toys and they didn't see the real benefits. And there were plenty of doubters!

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Anonymous wrote:Am sure a correction will happen but we are just at the beginning of the AI revolution. It is already changing how I find and use knowledge. Most of you complaining about a bubble are ignoring the long term transformation AI is unleashing on our world. Just ride out the bubble, I am in for the long haul.

I haven't seen it produce anything more than a traditional google search can- and so often when you search things you are knowledgeable about, it produces incorrect info. I am fine not being unleashed and having electricity usage go down to normal levels so we don't burn up the planet any faster than we already are.

Then you are not paying attention. AI has already changed how almost everything operates and it will keep doing so. But at the same time there could be a correction. But it is just not likely.

Can you give a few big examples of this? Other than college students using it to produce bland copy for their English 102 courses.

Using Google as a comparison for missing the forest for the trees, Google is the search engine but the tool is the computer, which transformed our lives beyond recognition. AI is the same. The chatgpts is like Google, it's an accessible mean. But behind the scene far more is going on in every area of how we use technology. At a minimum, even you can see how AI has accelerated output overnight.

But I will also give you a good example of how AI affects me beyond the quicker papers or creative images. Since the beginning of the summer I have been using AI to track the progress of my father's illness, he has a progressive neurological disease. I ask AI for updates on his progress based on the observations I feed into AI. The AI turn gives me updated prognosis of where he is in his illness and what to expect next.

The AI has been far more detailed, and dare I say it, accurate in its prognosis and the pacing of his progressive decline than any of his doctors or nurses. And my father has a pretty rare condition. Google search would not be able to do this for me.

AI is already radically changing healthcare in other areas beyond diagnosis. And this is just one sector.

I am really glad you are finding it so helpful. I am sure it's really helpful to have had predictions that gave you a good sense of what was to come.

At the same time, I don't think what you describe is transformative like the computer was when it became widespread. Sounds like an additional useful tool like the search engine. Valuable? Certainly. Worth trillions along with using up ungodly amounts of electricity? Doesn't seem like it.

Have you contemplated we may someday be able to use AI to assess a young person and come up with a fairly accurate prediction for his or her's life expectancy including health problems and likelihood of developing certain cancers? And how that would affect our decision making across our lives?

AI is already being used in prosthetics and helping paralyzed people regain lost functions. It's helping deaf people hear.

I am not expecting AI to solve every problem nor pretend that it won't create problems of its own. But discounting AI now reminds me of people back in the 1990s saying computers were just vanity toys and they didn't see the real benefits. And there were plenty of doubters!

I get comparison to widespread computer adoption in the 1990s. I just don't think it's apt. I was old enough back then that it was very obvious what the benefits would be- sure some people didn't want to change, but computers had already been in use for decades "behind the scenes", so the value was pretty clear. It's just that now every time the value of AI is discussed, it's always like you say, some potential future use, but there is so little indication that it will actually have those capabilities.

It feels closer to crypto (although more useful)- every time a potential use case would be proferred, the shills couldn't really explain how it would work that much better than existing tools.

Again, some of it will be useful, but not at current costs, either direct or societal.

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Anonymous wrote:Am sure a correction will happen but we are just at the beginning of the AI revolution. It is already changing how I find and use knowledge. Most of you complaining about a bubble are ignoring the long term transformation AI is unleashing on our world. Just ride out the bubble, I am in for the long haul.

I haven't seen it produce anything more than a traditional google search can- and so often when you search things you are knowledgeable about, it produces incorrect info. I am fine not being unleashed and having electricity usage go down to normal levels so we don't burn up the planet any faster than we already are.

Then you are not paying attention. AI has already changed how almost everything operates and it will keep doing so. But at the same time there could be a correction. But it is just not likely.

Can you give a few big examples of this? Other than college students using it to produce bland copy for their English 102 courses.

Using Google as a comparison for missing the forest for the trees, Google is the search engine but the tool is the computer, which transformed our lives beyond recognition. AI is the same. The chatgpts is like Google, it's an accessible mean. But behind the scene far more is going on in every area of how we use technology. At a minimum, even you can see how AI has accelerated output overnight.

But I will also give you a good example of how AI affects me beyond the quicker papers or creative images. Since the beginning of the summer I have been using AI to track the progress of my father's illness, he has a progressive neurological disease. I ask AI for updates on his progress based on the observations I feed into AI. The AI turn gives me updated prognosis of where he is in his illness and what to expect next.

The AI has been far more detailed, and dare I say it, accurate in its prognosis and the pacing of his progressive decline than any of his doctors or nurses. And my father has a pretty rare condition. Google search would not be able to do this for me.

AI is already radically changing healthcare in other areas beyond diagnosis. And this is just one sector.

I am really glad you are finding it so helpful. I am sure it's really helpful to have had predictions that gave you a good sense of what was to come.

At the same time, I don't think what you describe is transformative like the computer was when it became widespread. Sounds like an additional useful tool like the search engine. Valuable? Certainly. Worth trillions along with using up ungodly amounts of electricity? Doesn't seem like it.

Have you contemplated we may someday be able to use AI to assess a young person and come up with a fairly accurate prediction for his or her's life expectancy including health problems and likelihood of developing certain cancers? And how that would affect our decision making across our lives?

AI is already being used in prosthetics and helping paralyzed people regain lost functions. It's helping deaf people hear.

I am not expecting AI to solve every problem nor pretend that it won't create problems of its own. But discounting AI now reminds me of people back in the 1990s saying computers were just vanity toys and they didn't see the real benefits. And there were plenty of doubters!

I get comparison to widespread computer adoption in the 1990s. I just don't think it's apt. I was old enough back then that it was very obvious what the benefits would be- sure some people didn't want to change, but computers had already been in use for decades "behind the scenes", so the value was pretty clear. It's just that now every time the value of AI is discussed, it's always like you say, some potential future use, but there is so little indication that it will actually have those capabilities.

It feels closer to crypto (although more useful)- every time a potential use case would be proferred, the shills couldn't really explain how it would work that much better than existing tools.

Again, some of it will be useful, but not at current costs, either direct or societal.

Comparing it to crypto is burying your head in the sand. Aspects of AI has already been around for a while, just like computers versus the late 1990s boom.

I gave you some good examples of how AI is transforming our world in significant ways. It means while we continue to have same basic functions as always - we get up in the morning, eat, go to work, spend time with family - how we utilize information in the world around is going to change substantially, just like widespread computer adoption and the emergence of the modern internet in the 1990s did. For better or for worse.

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Anonymous wrote:Am sure a correction will happen but we are just at the beginning of the AI revolution. It is already changing how I find and use knowledge. Most of you complaining about a bubble are ignoring the long term transformation AI is unleashing on our world. Just ride out the bubble, I am in for the long haul.

I haven't seen it produce anything more than a traditional google search can- and so often when you search things you are knowledgeable about, it produces incorrect info. I am fine not being unleashed and having electricity usage go down to normal levels so we don't burn up the planet any faster than we already are.

Then you are not paying attention. AI has already changed how almost everything operates and it will keep doing so. But at the same time there could be a correction. But it is just not likely.

Can you give a few big examples of this? Other than college students using it to produce bland copy for their English 102 courses.

Using Google as a comparison for missing the forest for the trees, Google is the search engine but the tool is the computer, which transformed our lives beyond recognition. AI is the same. The chatgpts is like Google, it's an accessible mean. But behind the scene far more is going on in every area of how we use technology. At a minimum, even you can see how AI has accelerated output overnight.

But I will also give you a good example of how AI affects me beyond the quicker papers or creative images. Since the beginning of the summer I have been using AI to track the progress of my father's illness, he has a progressive neurological disease. I ask AI for updates on his progress based on the observations I feed into AI. The AI turn gives me updated prognosis of where he is in his illness and what to expect next.

The AI has been far more detailed, and dare I say it, accurate in its prognosis and the pacing of his progressive decline than any of his doctors or nurses. And my father has a pretty rare condition. Google search would not be able to do this for me.

AI is already radically changing healthcare in other areas beyond diagnosis. And this is just one sector.

I am really glad you are finding it so helpful. I am sure it's really helpful to have had predictions that gave you a good sense of what was to come.

At the same time, I don't think what you describe is transformative like the computer was when it became widespread. Sounds like an additional useful tool like the search engine. Valuable? Certainly. Worth trillions along with using up ungodly amounts of electricity? Doesn't seem like it.

Have you contemplated we may someday be able to use AI to assess a young person and come up with a fairly accurate prediction for his or her's life expectancy including health problems and likelihood of developing certain cancers? And how that would affect our decision making across our lives?

AI is already being used in prosthetics and helping paralyzed people regain lost functions. It's helping deaf people hear.

I am not expecting AI to solve every problem nor pretend that it won't create problems of its own. But discounting AI now reminds me of people back in the 1990s saying computers were just vanity toys and they didn't see the real benefits. And there were plenty of doubters!

I get comparison to widespread computer adoption in the 1990s. I just don't think it's apt. I was old enough back then that it was very obvious what the benefits would be- sure some people didn't want to change, but computers had already been in use for decades "behind the scenes", so the value was pretty clear. It's just that now every time the value of AI is discussed, it's always like you say, some potential future use, but there is so little indication that it will actually have those capabilities.

It feels closer to crypto (although more useful)- every time a potential use case would be proferred, the shills couldn't really explain how it would work that much better than existing tools.

Again, some of it will be useful, but not at current costs, either direct or societal.

Comparing it to crypto is burying your head in the sand. Aspects of AI has already been around for a while, just like computers versus the late 1990s boom.

I gave you some good examples of how AI is transforming our world in significant ways. It means while we continue to have same basic functions as always - we get up in the morning, eat, go to work, spend time with family - how we utilize information in the world around is going to change substantially, just like widespread computer adoption and the emergence of the modern internet in the 1990s did. For better or for worse.

Do agree with you on the "worse" part- the ability to create more misinformation through fake videos could easily be catastrophic politically. So I guess it could certainly end up destroying a lot of value in the long run.

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Anonymous wrote:Am sure a correction will happen but we are just at the beginning of the AI revolution. It is already changing how I find and use knowledge. Most of you complaining about a bubble are ignoring the long term transformation AI is unleashing on our world. Just ride out the bubble, I am in for the long haul.

I haven't seen it produce anything more than a traditional google search can- and so often when you search things you are knowledgeable about, it produces incorrect info. I am fine not being unleashed and having electricity usage go down to normal levels so we don't burn up the planet any faster than we already are.

Then you are not paying attention. AI has already changed how almost everything operates and it will keep doing so. But at the same time there could be a correction. But it is just not likely.

Can you give a few big examples of this? Other than college students using it to produce bland copy for their English 102 courses.

Using Google as a comparison for missing the forest for the trees, Google is the search engine but the tool is the computer, which transformed our lives beyond recognition. AI is the same. The chatgpts is like Google, it's an accessible mean. But behind the scene far more is going on in every area of how we use technology. At a minimum, even you can see how AI has accelerated output overnight.

But I will also give you a good example of how AI affects me beyond the quicker papers or creative images. Since the beginning of the summer I have been using AI to track the progress of my father's illness, he has a progressive neurological disease. I ask AI for updates on his progress based on the observations I feed into AI. The AI turn gives me updated prognosis of where he is in his illness and what to expect next.

The AI has been far more detailed, and dare I say it, accurate in its prognosis and the pacing of his progressive decline than any of his doctors or nurses. And my father has a pretty rare condition. Google search would not be able to do this for me.

AI is already radically changing healthcare in other areas beyond diagnosis. And this is just one sector.

I am really glad you are finding it so helpful. I am sure it's really helpful to have had predictions that gave you a good sense of what was to come.

At the same time, I don't think what you describe is transformative like the computer was when it became widespread. Sounds like an additional useful tool like the search engine. Valuable? Certainly. Worth trillions along with using up ungodly amounts of electricity? Doesn't seem like it.

Have you contemplated we may someday be able to use AI to assess a young person and come up with a fairly accurate prediction for his or her's life expectancy including health problems and likelihood of developing certain cancers? And how that would affect our decision making across our lives?

AI is already being used in prosthetics and helping paralyzed people regain lost functions. It's helping deaf people hear.

I am not expecting AI to solve every problem nor pretend that it won't create problems of its own. But discounting AI now reminds me of people back in the 1990s saying computers were just vanity toys and they didn't see the real benefits. And there were plenty of doubters!

I get comparison to widespread computer adoption in the 1990s. I just don't think it's apt. I was old enough back then that it was very obvious what the benefits would be- sure some people didn't want to change, but computers had already been in use for decades "behind the scenes", so the value was pretty clear. It's just that now every time the value of AI is discussed, it's always like you say, some potential future use, but there is so little indication that it will actually have those capabilities.

It feels closer to crypto (although more useful)- every time a potential use case would be proferred, the shills couldn't really explain how it would work that much better than existing tools.

Again, some of it will be useful, but not at current costs, either direct or societal.

Comparing it to crypto is burying your head in the sand. Aspects of AI has already been around for a while, just like computers versus the late 1990s boom.

I gave you some good examples of how AI is transforming our world in significant ways. It means while we continue to have same basic functions as always - we get up in the morning, eat, go to work, spend time with family - how we utilize information in the world around is going to change substantially, just like widespread computer adoption and the emergence of the modern internet in the 1990s did. For better or for worse.

Do agree with you on the "worse" part- the ability to create more misinformation through fake videos could easily be catastrophic politically. So I guess it could certainly end up destroying a lot of value in the long run.

Every new technology has introduced fears it would be used for no good. I remember a movie, possibly based on a Crichton novel, where the story was someone's real life identity being completely eliminated by a mysterious factor using computers and the internet to remove records of bank accounts and all othrt forms of ID. That was more than 20 years ago. We've survived.