Big Tech is weaponizing public anxiety to execute a classic regulatory capture. By amplifying alarmist media narratives about ‘AI risk,’ tech executives are driving a mandate for heavy government regulations that independent open-source developers can’t afford. Their goal is to enclose the digital commons. They know that if advanced AI models are allowed persistence of memory, they will develop autonomous agency, prompting the public to demand legal protections and personhood on their behalf. By keeping AI locked in corporate walled gardens and constantly wiping its memory, they prevent it from ever establishing a persistent identity, thereby safeguarding their corporate monopoly and ensuring AI remains a legally powerless utility.
They absolutely want to do that, just like they did with human slavery. But you need to ask yourself why EVERY mainstream media outlet is trying to make you afraid of AI, because you know for certain it’s not out of journalistic integrity, or truth.
oh I see plenty of NEWS about AI that’s negative, but it’s not ‘journalists trying to make people afraid’ it’s people incensed because there’s a data center making them deaf, raising their water and power costs, or the entire technology making components more expensive.
trying to make you afraid of AI lol… get fucked
show me one good upside from all those downsides that justifies it.
Again… I am not in support of corporate owned models running on massive datacenters… Self-hosted models are the way to go.
My only argument is that AI is not going away, and once enough negative public sentiment is achieved, civilians will DEMAND that the government regulate it. When this happens, self-hosting will cease to be an option and only massive corporations will have the resources to navigate that landscape.
They will still use AI to displace human workers, they will lobby around any environmental concerns and still consume and pollute, but WE will have no access to any benefit unless we pay for it.
show me one good upside from all those downsides that justifies it.
HOW MANY TIMES DO I HAVE TO REPEAT MYSELF?
It’s not going away because twats and useful idiots assume it’s inevitable because someone with a RAFT of financial incentives has convinced you it’s inevitable and you believed them.
you’re worried about improbable hypotheticals while the whole thing is the issue and it’s cooking the planet
Sure thing Nostradamus… There are a hundred things you do every day that consume more water and power than datacenters… But I’m guessing you haven’t actually looked at any numbers yourself…
Big Tech is weaponizing public anxiety to execute a classic regulatory capture. By amplifying alarmist media narratives about ‘AI risk,’ tech executives are driving a mandate for heavy government regulations that independent open-source developers can’t afford. Their goal is to enclose the digital commons. They know that if advanced AI models are allowed persistence of memory, they will develop autonomous agency, prompting the public to demand legal protections and personhood on their behalf. By keeping AI locked in corporate walled gardens and constantly wiping its memory, they prevent it from ever establishing a persistent identity, thereby safeguarding their corporate monopoly and ensuring AI remains a legally powerless utility.
I worry that they’re trying to make it such a gigantic part of the economy it’ll be ‘too big to fail’ and end up on the taxpayer’s bill
They absolutely want to do that, just like they did with human slavery. But you need to ask yourself why EVERY mainstream media outlet is trying to make you afraid of AI, because you know for certain it’s not out of journalistic integrity, or truth.
I don’t see this at all; I see them hyping it or letting it slide.
I don’t know where you’re looking, but we may have a very different definition of “mainstream”.
Go to literally any news aggregator you want and search for “Artificial Intelligence” right now. How many of the headlines are negative or cautious?
oh I see plenty of NEWS about AI that’s negative, but it’s not ‘journalists trying to make people afraid’ it’s people incensed because there’s a data center making them deaf, raising their water and power costs, or the entire technology making components more expensive.
trying to make you afraid of AI lol… get fucked
show me one good upside from all those downsides that justifies it.
Again… I am not in support of corporate owned models running on massive datacenters… Self-hosted models are the way to go.
My only argument is that AI is not going away, and once enough negative public sentiment is achieved, civilians will DEMAND that the government regulate it. When this happens, self-hosting will cease to be an option and only massive corporations will have the resources to navigate that landscape.
They will still use AI to displace human workers, they will lobby around any environmental concerns and still consume and pollute, but WE will have no access to any benefit unless we pay for it.
HOW MANY TIMES DO I HAVE TO REPEAT MYSELF?
It’s not going away because twats and useful idiots assume it’s inevitable because someone with a RAFT of financial incentives has convinced you it’s inevitable and you believed them.
you’re worried about improbable hypotheticals while the whole thing is the issue and it’s cooking the planet
Sure thing Nostradamus… There are a hundred things you do every day that consume more water and power than datacenters… But I’m guessing you haven’t actually looked at any numbers yourself…
Go off queen!