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<blockquote data-quote="Frankenstein Underworld" data-source="post: 445595" data-attributes="member: 35"><p>Besides tech giants and politicians, I always hear people complaining about flock cameras and "AI slop." Why would these tech cronies (misguided or otherwise) believe there's a demand? Mainstream media outlets usually run cover for the elites, and even they released videos of college commencement speakers getting booed for touting AI. One speaker even called it "the next industrial revolution." When met with boos, they laugh it off and move full speed ahead with it anyway. The fact that they've gone all in on something this unpopular suggests there's more to it than gambling on public demand.</p><p></p><p>Smart phones and social media aren't exactly new either. The rollout of these expansive, noisy resource hogs makes me think we're not getting the whole story. Did demand for social media and high-speed Internet skyrocket overnight? Because the centers that processed everyday Internet traffic up to this point never created controversy like this. Oh, I'm sure they still require a ton of resources to maintain, but these new facilities sound even more nefarious. It also appears like there's a sense of urgency to them. They're trying to expedite the process of getting them built while telling the public to screw off.</p><p></p><p>Are people addicted to smart tech and social media? Yes. Of course, developing an addiction to anything is an insidious process. Did the tech companies create that addiction? Also, yes. Which, of course, makes the perfect pretense for building these facilities (along with AI being the "wave of the future.")</p><p></p><p>Whatever their purpose is, my other point still stands; as long as tech companies and politicians are in favor of these monstrosities, I don't want to be lectured by them about "climate change" ever again. I'm sick and tired of these oligarchs and their "rules for thee, but not for me" mentality.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Frankenstein Underworld, post: 445595, member: 35"] Besides tech giants and politicians, I always hear people complaining about flock cameras and "AI slop." Why would these tech cronies (misguided or otherwise) believe there's a demand? Mainstream media outlets usually run cover for the elites, and even they released videos of college commencement speakers getting booed for touting AI. One speaker even called it "the next industrial revolution." When met with boos, they laugh it off and move full speed ahead with it anyway. The fact that they've gone all in on something this unpopular suggests there's more to it than gambling on public demand. Smart phones and social media aren't exactly new either. The rollout of these expansive, noisy resource hogs makes me think we're not getting the whole story. Did demand for social media and high-speed Internet skyrocket overnight? Because the centers that processed everyday Internet traffic up to this point never created controversy like this. Oh, I'm sure they still require a ton of resources to maintain, but these new facilities sound even more nefarious. It also appears like there's a sense of urgency to them. They're trying to expedite the process of getting them built while telling the public to screw off. Are people addicted to smart tech and social media? Yes. Of course, developing an addiction to anything is an insidious process. Did the tech companies create that addiction? Also, yes. Which, of course, makes the perfect pretense for building these facilities (along with AI being the "wave of the future.") Whatever their purpose is, my other point still stands; as long as tech companies and politicians are in favor of these monstrosities, I don't want to be lectured by them about "climate change" ever again. I'm sick and tired of these oligarchs and their "rules for thee, but not for me" mentality. [/QUOTE]
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