I’d love to take humans out of the equation of all work possible. The problem is how the fascist rulers will treat the now unemployed population.
NutWrench@lemmy.world 1 day ago
The whole point of “AI” is to take humans OUT of the equation, so the rich don’t have to employ us and pay us. Why would we want to be a part of THAT?
AI data centers are also sucking up all the high quality GDDR5 ram on the market, making everything that relies on that ram ridiculously expensive.
Poem_for_your_sprog@lemmy.world 1 day ago
TBi@lemmy.world 1 day ago
Yep. Ideal future is robots do all the work for us while we enjoy life.
But realistic future is rich people enjoy life while normal people starve.
Gathorall@lemmy.world 1 day ago
Don’t forget the few lucky people doing the most disagreeable of jobs because they’re still hard to automate and the starving population provides a cheap desperate pool of labour to do even the most dangerous and unhealthy jobs.
itistime@infosec.pub 1 day ago
The rich seem to be common evil denominator. It is time to act against them. Worldwide.
Wildmimic@anarchist.nexus 1 day ago
I have to agree, even if i have no issue with GenAI itself. No one needs that many datacenters as they are planning. Adoption will crash as soon as they try monetizing it for real. Even if they try using cloud gaming as a load in those centers - not one person i know would trade their local PC for something that’s dependent on a fast internet connection without data caps and introduces permanent 100ms+ delay on all games.
I swapped my 3070Ti 8GB to a 5070 16GB, if i sell off the 3070TI the upgrade cost me 300€ (but i tend to keep it as a backup), and I can run my local GenAI and LLM without issues now, I don’t need datacenters, i need CDNs so i can get my content i run locally. and TBH if they really try to kill local compute in gaming: i have enough games here to last me for a decade or more without getting bored, and i can play all of that while sitting in a mountain cabin.
Jakeroxs@sh.itjust.works 1 day ago
To point out they already tried this for gamers specifically with GeForce now, stadia, etc and its not exactly a cash cow. Not sure why they think a whole pc is preferable.
masterspace@lemmy.ca 1 day ago
I mean, this is literally an argument against using oxen to plough fields instead of doing it by hand.
The answer is always that society should reorient around not needing constant labour and wealth being redistributed.
danielton1@lemmy.world 1 day ago
Not to mention the water depletion and electricity costs that the people who live near AI data centers have to deal with, because tech companies can’t be expected to be responsible for their own usage.
Jakeroxs@sh.itjust.works 1 day ago
I mean, do you really think it’s better idea to let them build their own water and power system separate?
They should be forced to upgrade the existing infrastructure so everyone benefits.
danielton1@lemmy.world 20 hours ago
They should be forced to upgrade existing infrastructure and pay for it. They are refusing to pay for it, and the electric companies are passing the costs onto the residents near these data centers, which is grossly unfair.
msage@programming.dev 23 hours ago
They should be forced to build closed loop systems and green energy sources.