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[–] libre_warrior@lemmy.ml 4 points 2 hours ago

chatgpt is shitting on americans· how are people not supposed to turn on those grippers?

[–] minorkeys@sh.itjust.works 4 points 3 hours ago

Easy to do when people don't fucking want them, and more specifically, they do not add any value to ppls lives, they only take to away. If only we have reps who represented anything but their own self interests.

[–] drmoose@lemmy.world 4 points 3 hours ago* (last edited 3 hours ago)

They absolutely do this but it doesn't mean anti datacenter people are wrong. Russia, China, Iran all use amplification techniques to destabilize other countries. You don't need a complex propaganda plan when you can just amplify every divisive topic and get brexit.

[–] LovableSidekick@lemmy.world 6 points 6 hours ago* (last edited 6 hours ago) (1 children)

Being anti-AI or anti-datacenter isn't a reason to deny that China is doing this. It's not like they don't want there to be datacenters, they just want everybody to use theirs.

[–] Diurnambule@jlai.lu 14 points 5 hours ago (1 children)

Theory as valid as this one : openAi is funding an astroturfing campaign to make Being anti AI a crime.

[–] LovableSidekick@lemmy.world 4 points 5 hours ago* (last edited 5 hours ago) (5 children)

Whether either one is true or false should depend on whether there's evidence of it, not on comparing them for ridiculousness.

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[–] mechoman444@lemmy.world 8 points 6 hours ago (1 children)

Because there is no Chinese campaign against data centers. China was simply pointing out the environmental and economic impacts data centers have on the areas around them.

Who is saying data centers are okay? They are not. And I do not even have any issue with LLM usage, yet I still recognize that data centers are incredibly resource-intensive and can have significant impacts on the communities that host them.

[–] LovableSidekick@lemmy.world 1 points 5 hours ago* (last edited 5 hours ago) (1 children)

I think the predominant logic in the thread is that China trying to influence Americans against datacenters can't be true because that could be an attempt to make a pro-datacenter argument, even though it's not.

[–] ZombiFrancis@sh.itjust.works 4 points 5 hours ago (3 children)

I think the logic is more noting that the pro-datacenter argument aligns with linking opposition to them to foreign actors.

Anti-China sentiment is extremely powerful to tap into, and the AI crowd absolutely is pulling out every stop to keep the bubble unpopped. Tapping into that energy for public opinion is the least surprising approach they could be taking.

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[–] Yerbouti@sh.itjust.works 22 points 9 hours ago (1 children)

Lol. It's obviously a consortium of trans, immigrants and antifa that are behind it. While Michelle Obama and Soros are funding the operation.

[–] dogdeanafternoon@lemmy.ca 5 points 6 hours ago

You mean the well known male politician, Michelle Obama?

[–] diabetic_porcupine@lemmy.world 6 points 7 hours ago
[–] kablez@lemmy.world 53 points 11 hours ago (6 children)

China didn't attack Iran and send global oil prices sky high. China doesn't bully my government into bad defence contracts.

I'm so tired of racist fear mongering about China. They aren't a perfect country, but the suggestion of the United States judging any other nation right now is mind boggling.

[–] ZombiFrancis@sh.itjust.works 16 points 9 hours ago (2 children)

China didn't continually insist Iran was two weeks away from a nuclear weapon for five decades, nor did they bomb and kill the religious leader that expressly declared nuclear and chemical weapons are against God and Islam.

Believing American narratives at face value is an unhinged reality to live in.

[–] Nonconfrontational@lemmy.ml 10 points 7 hours ago

Don't forget 150 little girls on the first day of the "war"

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