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Google CEO Sundar Pichai says graduates booing AI will shape its future — and live with its consequences (www.businessinsider.com)
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[–] 4 points 5 months ago* (2 children)

well put.

my only question is how many years of this shit will we need to survive until they realize: there's no such thing as a free lunch? yeah, you can get agentic systems working with accuracy and precision, but will it ever be a panacea to dev costs that justify the trillions - TRILLIONS - of dollars invested for the paltry billions of profit?

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  • [–] 4 points 5 months ago (1 child)

    how many years of this shit will we need to survive

    That's largely dependent on the "trillionaires" negotiation with the banks. Some of the data centers are already having trouble getting funded.

    FWIW, if you REALLY want this shit to stop, push legislation to tax the fuck out of the data centers. They're only building them because of the huge return on investment, tax them in real time on what that return looks like. I think a state and federal tax rate above 40% would greatly slow down this bullshit and get some stuff paid for that we actually need. No hiding behind 'losses'. That Equipment gets taxed locally at market value and the warehouse+water+electric hookups are taxed at such rates that the utilities can expand what is necessary without fucking over the residents.

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