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AI, in this case, refers to LLMs, GPT technology, and anything listed as "AI" meant to increase market valuations.
My spouse sent me this rage bait photo. It wasn't even the ego rubbing graphic on the front page that got me (though that's bad enough). It's' the "Moral panic over data centres" that really gets my goat. Ah yes, it's the moral panic that's the issue, right? Right?!
The Economist has always been a corporate rag, but this is so much worse than 20 years ago.
Ugh, don't give this nerd (derogatory) any more lame delusions of grandeur.
Everyone these corporate rags hold up as a visionary genius later gets disgraced. This will be no exception.
Hyping stock price is the only thing we respect in our nihilistic society.
Take The Economist seriously, challenge IMPOSSIBLE!
NGL that is an awesome front cover. If only it wasn't of an asshole that encourages making life worse for everyone
A moral panic is distinct because it's a false threat that actually distracts from real dangers as it maintains the status quo. It's wave of "witch hunting" and "scapegoating."
If anything, the AI doomer bullshit about "AGI will kill (most of) us (not me tho because I'm a good believer)" is the moral panic.
I was recently listening to someone (can't remember who sorry) talking about the doom porn being intentional - AI companies can't admit that their software is buggy crap that doesn't work as advertised and that progress is stagnating (which would tank shares) so instead go on about how AI will kill us all so that they have an easy excuse to 'slow' progress so they can white knight save us from the terrible, horrible, murderous, genocidal, dooms day AI (please don't look behind the curtain).
Side rage: I really doubt what's his face is actually doing any meaningful r&d work. I assume there's a legion of nameless engineers and researchers who are not keeping the profits of their work.
moral panic over killing people lol
Is he conjuring all of the world's RAM hardware into a single point in this image? That would explain where it all went.
Maybe he's eating it
Jensen is the real singularity.
I have an existential panic going on. I'm pretty mellow on my morals.
What do you mean women? WOMEN WHAT?
Jobs honour? I hardly know her
Women ☕
noooo not the women covfefe
Jobs and honour, apparently (whut??)