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In reply to the discussion: I'm Going to Make a Huge Prediction [View all]ananda
(35,470 posts)37. Well, you have to admit they are trying, for sure.
I believe the oligarchs think they'll rule us through AI.
There seems to be a kind of bullyish desperation in the
way they're trying to force data centers in so many places.
Here's the problem, though. Who exactly will they rule,
and where... especially if the only people left are those
like them.
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Good advice. As an IT person, I trust you far more than many others sprouting this nonsense about AI etc. It
SWBTATTReg
20 hrs ago
#6
The dot com bubble didnt kill the internet any more than this one will kill AI.
yowzayowzayowza
19 hrs ago
#18
I think humans are learning faster than AI: for example, many of us can now recognize AI fake pics /videos very quickly.
C Moon
19 hrs ago
#15
Man, I hope your right. My techi relative thinks it's gonna take over the world
Joinfortmill
19 hrs ago
#16
Ed Zitron's done some of the best writing on this flawed, heavily subsidized tech and the bubble it's created.
highplainsdem
19 hrs ago
#24
No worries about noise. When data centers gobble up all the water and farmers can't irrigate fields
Attilatheblond
17 hrs ago
#50
I am in southern part of AZ. And idiot county officials STILL promote data centers
Attilatheblond
13 hrs ago
#61
As I have said elsewhere this looks exactly like the excessive speculation I saw when the internet was ramping up
Ford_Prefect
18 hrs ago
#35
Thomas Edison new well the potential of new technology even in the face of its opposition.
Ol Janx Spirit
18 hrs ago
#36