We have spent 100x more compute training AI to generate waifu art than to solve protein folding. I am not saying this is the Great Filter, but if aliens find our radioactive remains, they’re going to be very confused by the hard drives...
The Koch Network Is Pushing Trump to Accelerate AI, Documents Show

Right-wing political group Americans for Prosperity, backed by oil and gas billionaire Charles Koch, sees data centers as part of a larger pro-fossil fuel agenda.

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@Npars01 …and a third reason, they just love the idea of getting rid of pesky workers replacing them with more $$$.

@Huntn00

Employment precarity as social policy is built into conservative billionaire bigotry.

Uncertainty & anxiety about the future is politically useful to The Moneyed.

It enables ample opportunities for divide & conquer tactics, as well as blameshifting to the vulnerable (immigrants, the poor, women, children, POC, seniors, & religious minorities)

For over a century America corporate interests have had hostile, adversarial attitudes towards the labor force.