▲ 874 ▼ The Pollution Being Churned Out by AI Data Centers Is So Severe That It's Almost Incomprehensible (futurism.com) submitted 2 months ago by inari@piefed.zip to c/technology@lemmy.world 159 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] inari@piefed.zip [S] 20 points 2 months ago (6 children) They don't want us dead, they want us making money for them permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 6 child comments replies: [–] yakko@feddit.uk 25 points 2 months ago They'd really love it if we could be dead and making money for them. They live in hope! permalink fedilink source parent [–] Lucidlethargy@sh.itjust.works 11 points 2 months ago Yes, but they also don't care if the grand majority of us are dead. They have what they need. That's why most have bunkers. Fuckerbergs is in Hawaii. permalink fedilink source parent [–] Kyouki@lemmy.world 10 points 2 months ago They just want us to make money. They don't give a fuck if you die. permalink fedilink source parent [–] Rothe@piefed.social 5 points 2 months ago Not really. They are actively trying to circumvent consumers as a step to making money. That is what the entire AI-circlejerk bubble is about. permalink fedilink source parent [–] SeductiveTortoise@piefed.social 2 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) That's funny because I would prefer them dead and I bet there are more who think like me than there are who think like them. Maybe they should start getting frightened. I'm not saying we should kill them, but I wouldn't bat an eye if they just dropped dead. And I bet not much would be lost for humanity after we sat down and made a plan how to redistribute their wealth and equity. permalink fedilink source parent [–] FooBarrington@lemmy.world 1 point 2 months ago They still need us to advance AI until it's able to self-improve. That's why they're pumping so much money into scaling. Once they have that, we'll have lost all leverage - that's what their evaluations are based on. I don't think the current approach can achieve this, but it looks like they'll do their damndest to try. They've already prepared for the worst, and if they can choose between X years before everything goes to shit, or X minus ? years before it goes to shit BUT they get AGI to play with in their bunkers... permalink fedilink source parent
[–] yakko@feddit.uk 25 points 2 months ago They'd really love it if we could be dead and making money for them. They live in hope! permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Lucidlethargy@sh.itjust.works 11 points 2 months ago Yes, but they also don't care if the grand majority of us are dead. They have what they need. That's why most have bunkers. Fuckerbergs is in Hawaii. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Kyouki@lemmy.world 10 points 2 months ago They just want us to make money. They don't give a fuck if you die. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Rothe@piefed.social 5 points 2 months ago Not really. They are actively trying to circumvent consumers as a step to making money. That is what the entire AI-circlejerk bubble is about. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] SeductiveTortoise@piefed.social 2 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) That's funny because I would prefer them dead and I bet there are more who think like me than there are who think like them. Maybe they should start getting frightened. I'm not saying we should kill them, but I wouldn't bat an eye if they just dropped dead. And I bet not much would be lost for humanity after we sat down and made a plan how to redistribute their wealth and equity. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] FooBarrington@lemmy.world 1 point 2 months ago They still need us to advance AI until it's able to self-improve. That's why they're pumping so much money into scaling. Once they have that, we'll have lost all leverage - that's what their evaluations are based on. I don't think the current approach can achieve this, but it looks like they'll do their damndest to try. They've already prepared for the worst, and if they can choose between X years before everything goes to shit, or X minus ? years before it goes to shit BUT they get AGI to play with in their bunkers... permalink fedilink source parent