Shut up and take our money: Amazon plows $1B+ into quashing datacenter dissent
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that backlash is dangerous when it’s funded
That is largely my point, yes. The people trying to put datacenters in our neighborhoods are very, very rich. We ordinary people can stop this, but we need to be ready to continue the fight when they hit us back.
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“It doesn’t feel pity, or remorse, or fear! And it absolutely will not stop, ever, until it hits the limit of its context window!”
Neurotypical people: please listen
Source: sunny.garden/@Artists_Ali/116920398941707514
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@Artists_Ali@sunny.garden
I just saw a video of an AI executive saying that people will connect their brains to the cloud so they can have 1,000 times more thoughts.
Neurotypical people. Please listen to me. I promise you, with all the ADHD in my body-
You really do not want 1,000 more thoughts.
You may think you do, but you extremely do not.
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Gaze angrily at the roaring ocean, and nobody cares. Start shouting at the ocean and people call the cops.
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I’m not saying I’d necessarily be fascinated by cheese, but I would love someone to try 🥺.
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On the other hand, you can use gift cards to tip the strippers!
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Yes, but when did she show her ugliest? Some time later, or…?
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“Are you kids ready to learn about how my wife’s pussy gave me throat cancer?”
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“We know what our customers want: huge, expensive, highly profitable hybrids that will line our pockets forever.”
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It’s a great way to either start your life over from scratch, or to get a big-ass runaround from a pit boss.
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I’m glad it worked out for them!
Source.
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So, either the bubble bursts and 99% of the sector’s value evaporates in a spectacular flash… or, one of these stochastic parrots turns into a magical genie that gives Sam Altman three wishes.
He likes those odds!
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“Your dancing was great and your body is amazing! Here, get yourself a giant Home Depot skeleton.”
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Ooo, no I hadn’t heard of this before. That is really fascinating!
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Sorry, I talk a good game, but I’m all soap, no tiddies 😭 .
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The clear sense of entitlement coming from these companies is appalling. And the history of American politics shows us that when the whims of the wealthy entitled are denied the go fucking nuts. These people are going to want revenge, it’s going to be brutal, and we need to be ready for it.
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Not sure what you’re getting at, friend. Wealthy/conservative backlash is not a myth. One example is the rise of the Tea Party movement in terrified reaction to the election of Obama, largely funded by the conservative billionaire Koch brothers. Another is the backlash to Clinton’s election, which drove billionaire Richard Mellon Scaife so profoundly, droolingly mad as to fund “The Arkansas Project”, spending millions to find something, anything, that would destroy his presidency, thus feeding the rise of conservative media–which, god help us, remains a huge influence on national politics to this day.
There’s also the conservative movement’s collective pants-pissing at the rise of women’s liberation, legalized abortion, and the potential passing of the Equal Rights Amendment, which led to an enormous backlash against women from all corners of the political right that we are still dealing with today.
Backlash is real and it’s dangerous, especially on account of the innate psychopathy of the rich, and the fear-addled minds of the conservative rank and file; there’s no telling what these nuts will do when they feel backed into a corner, but it’s always harmful to everyone else in the long run.
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If I ate that much breakfast I’d be heading back to bed.
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(Jokes on them, I can’t buy a house.)
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*Don’t try to engage my enthusiasm, because I haven’t got one."
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With the US government deep in Detroit’s pocket, we’ll never have anything close, here.
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“Why China’s AI Bubble Is Also Industrial Policy”
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Motherfucker some people don’t even have rooms. Evil is hoarding all the damn rooms!