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hunter

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22. The AI people might not be that smart...

Reply to uponit7771 (Reply #15)

Sat Feb 7, 2026, 10:42 AM

Feb 7

... but others in government and commerce will be perfectly happy to purchase or subsidize these giant data centers for other purposes.

It would be lovely to see these data centers fail and be broken up, the bits sold for pennies on the dollar to scientists and others who can put the components to good use but that's probably not going to happen.

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This answer from AI scared the crap out of me [View all] uponit7771 Feb 6 OP

AI edhopper Feb 6 #1

Right?! Seems worse, there still a need for housing ... after 10 minutes this thing tells people there's no real need uponit7771 Feb 7 #12

I use it daily for work Bristlecone Feb 6 #2

I was tryna use it for embedded ... there are few data models that are trained for it thoroughly uponit7771 Feb 7 #13

I have used once or twice by accident ( I had inadvertently mwmisses4289 Feb 6 #3

The three times I have used Chat GPT, it gave Scrivener7 Feb 6 #4

Ai should be illegal imo SheltieLover Feb 6 #5

Ask the question "What are all the applications for AI?" Frasier Balzov Feb 6 #6

Nearly 80% of "apps" are the it works on my machine type that a small and harder for AI to mess up. uponit7771 Feb 7 #14

I used it one time at work during a Luciferous Feb 6 #7

It comes up when I do internet searches . . . Journeyman Feb 6 #8

Someone on DU posted this tip. mwmisses4289 Feb 7 #17

Thank you very much for the tip . . . Journeyman Feb 7 #18

AI will not be the primary purpose for these data centers. hunter Feb 7 #9

Can't help but think this too, or the MAG7 CEOs are **REALLY** not that smart and betting on one person demand uponit7771 Feb 7 #15

The AI people might not be that smart... hunter Feb 7 #22

I probably use it 2-5x/wk on average. Maru Kitteh Feb 7 #10

I mostly use it to try to understand physics and biology. scipan Feb 7 #11

Would you pay monthly for it? if so how much? thx in advance uponit7771 Feb 7 #16

No. I would draw the line there for ethical reasons. Nt scipan Feb 7 #23

I don't use it, but I do watch it, thanks to a certain turtle sakabatou Feb 7 #19

Ai is more reason why we have to keep our democracy. RoeVWade Feb 7 #21

If you build it they will come.... KentuckyWoman Feb 7 #20

The internet worked as advertised AI does not uponit7771 Feb 10 #24