• devils_advocate@sh.itjust.works
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    2 days ago

    Let’s assume the demand for AI is only 20% of.what is being built. Doesn’t that mean that the other 80% can now be used for something useful (protein folding etc.)?

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      2 days ago

      Yes but capitalism = profits is all that matters.

      Also since big tech has more money than almost anything, they become illegal unofficial kings in a world where money is all that matters. They influence entire elections and what information is able to be shared.