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Blue Full Moon

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5. All of the GNP is data centers.

Sun Jun 21, 2026, 04:33 AM

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The centers are using our water that we all need to live on. It's stealing the electricity and infrastructure with zero benefit except the billionaires who built it. They will kill thousands. But then there is Bezos, that human water consumption is limiting AI's potential. Surprise is any jobs are very temporary. AI and robots and humans are not needed. This tech every single one of us paid for. We paid for the companies. Most through CIA and In-Q-Tel. Every single one us should be living off of it. The robber barons need to be ended. Corporate personhood should have never been.

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So what's so bad about using AI any way? [View all] werdna Yesterday OP

A.i is here to stay Matthew28 Yesterday #1

I completely agree. cayugafalls Yesterday #3

AI would be easy to stop Fiendish Thingy Yesterday #15

Sure, that will happen. Srkdqltr Yesterday #45

Communities are rising up across the nation in nonpartisan opposition to data centers Fiendish Thingy Yesterday #47

Post removed Post removed Yesterday #51

The headlines say Elon wants to put the data centers in space, at our expense, and for his profit. Intractable Yesterday #54

Where would the electricity come from? JustABozoOnThisBus 21 hrs ago #64

I don't want to side with Elon here, but your concerns don't seem realistic. Intractable 20 hrs ago #65

Or unending wars. Boomerproud Yesterday #18

Using AI requires unquestioning trust and a suspension of critical thinking. Fiendish Thingy Yesterday #16

Have you ever actually used AI? Llewlladdwr Yesterday #53

Your experience of the utility of AI is comparable to the utility of Macro commands, data merges and scripts Fiendish Thingy 23 hrs ago #56

Automobile culture is still destroying the natural world as we knew it... hunter Yesterday #49

Agree. MorbidButterflyTat 22 hrs ago #57

I wrote a paper 35 years ago called the Technology Rock... cayugafalls Yesterday #2

This 👆 Roy Rolling Yesterday #8

Currently blubunyip Yesterday #44

the problem with AI is separating fact from fiction and knowing what is real vs fake msongs Yesterday #4

That's not an AI probem ThreeNoSeep Yesterday #6

It's an AI problem because generative AI hallucinates and is a pretense of intelligence, a fancy autocomplete highplainsdem Yesterday #24

This! SheltieLover 22 hrs ago #61

All of the GNP is data centers. Blue Full Moon Yesterday #5

Interesting theme DFW Yesterday #7

never used it, and feel no attraction to do so ShepKat Yesterday #9

Hate to break this to you... Llewlladdwr Yesterday #55

well aware, thanks :) ShepKat 20 hrs ago #66

Thank you! I saw an interview with a former AI developer Scrivener7 Yesterday #10

"I read about an AI agent which bought itself a robot so it could interact in the physical world" Polybius Yesterday #12

You think? How about the experiment they did a couple of months ago where they Scrivener7 Yesterday #20

"I'm Sorry Dave, I'm Afraid I Can't Do That" PatSeg Yesterday #28

Ah. Skynet. orthoclad Yesterday #27

I'm reminded of a certain AI that was placed in an miniature car sakabatou Yesterday #29

Reminds me of the Bruce Willis/Rosamund Pike flick, "Surrogates" MorbidButterflyTat 22 hrs ago #60

I think DU is much more anti-AI then the general population Polybius Yesterday #11

I guess you've missed the recent news stories about how much younger people dislike genAI. highplainsdem Yesterday #21

I've encountered fierce opposition to AI PatSeg Yesterday #32

My 40 year old loves it. He has lots of fun with it. LeftInTX Yesterday #38

Gen Z does not generally favor AI GenThePerservering Yesterday #40

From Futurism today: Americans Have Turned Against AI in Incredible Numbers highplainsdem Yesterday #42

I'm not as sure about that. BannonsLiver 22 hrs ago #62

After you work all day talking to an algorithm, will it still remember to pick up milk? Emile Yesterday #13

AI destroys critical thinking and makes the whole world dumber and more pliable for the oligarchs. Nt Fiendish Thingy Yesterday #14

And the data centers are accellerating the destruction Bettie Yesterday #17

Any true artist can tell you misanthrope Yesterday #48

Bookmarking! Drum Yesterday #19

Re DUers posting and sometimes creating AI images - it makes DU look much less liberal than it should highplainsdem Yesterday #22

STOLEN intellectual property orthoclad Yesterday #26

Btw, thanks for posting those links, werdna! Important info there. highplainsdem Yesterday #23

You're welcome! n/t werdna Yesterday #39

AI wastes huge amounts of electricity and water orthoclad Yesterday #25

Nah Cosmocat Yesterday #30

There is evidence that AI killed those Iranian schoolgirls. orthoclad Yesterday #31

I've been waiting for this sort of story. First thing I thought when I heard about the school bombing. nt LAS14 22 hrs ago #59

Well, as I said in another post, orthoclad 22 hrs ago #63

Oh, for sure. The responsibility lies with whoever authorized the use of AI, if anyone did. nt LAS14 20 hrs ago #67

There was definitely a human behind the missile - orthoclad 16 hrs ago #69

Whether it'll be good or bad is for the future. 3825-87867 Yesterday #33

I have found AI to be an efficient and effective tool anciano Yesterday #34

The world is not ready for AI Smilo Yesterday #35

The dangers far outweigh the benefits Ponietz Yesterday #36

AI is a tool, for now. Someday, we might need to shut it off. louis-t Yesterday #37

Some day all those people who need AI GenThePerservering Yesterday #41

Thank you all - werdna Yesterday #43

Are we cool with those now in control of AI? blubunyip Yesterday #46

The printing press will be the END of civilization!!! WarGamer Yesterday #50

Keep feeding disinformation to AI bucolic_frolic Yesterday #52

How can you tell when an image is AI generated? nt LAS14 22 hrs ago #58

We still need to know how to think. hamsterjill 19 hrs ago #68