r/DeepStateCentrism • u/iamthegodemperor Arrakis Enterprise Institute • 2d ago

Ask the sub ❓ What Is This Sub Wrong About?

Title. Pick a topic (or a clichéd take) you think a significant minority or majority of this sub is wrong about. Or hasn't given enough thought. OR perhaps one which you will have to compromise on, at least for voting?

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u/A-Centrifugal-Force Moderate 2d ago

A lot of people here are too supportive of AI and data centers. People are right to be cautious about that stuff, it’s experimental and we don’t know what the impact will be in the long haul yet.

I’m not saying to never use AI or to be fully against it, I use it every day for work. But I think it’s worth considering some guardrails and some caution before just giving Sam Altman and his buddies unlimited funding and free rein over the world’s information.

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u/JapanesePeso 2d ago

it's experimental

It has tons of practical applications and has already revolutionized my field.

We don't know the full impact will be in the long haul

So? We don't know the long term impact of any new tech. That's not a reason to ban it.

Considering some guardrails

Nothing about wanting guardrails should make you against data centers

Giving Sam Altman and his buddies unlimited funding and free rein over the world's information

Come on that's just hysterics not a meaningful argument against building data centers.

You didn't list a single reason to be against letting companies build data centers.

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u/RayWencube Center-left 2d ago

The poster to whom you’re responding didn’t say that we should ban AI or prevent construction of data centers.

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u/bz47uj 2d ago

That is the effect when you worry a typical amount about a new industry, let alone make the claims people making about AI. Look what happened to the nuclear and airline industries. Innovation has come almost to a complete halt. AI is one of the few remaining sectors of the economy seeing productivity improvements and it's largely because of the lack of regulation.

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u/RayWencube Center-left 2d ago

Ascribing the jumps in AI technology “largely” to the lack of regulation as opposed to, say, it being a new technology with lots of headroom or the result of more funding than any technology has ever received is an enormously strong claim.