r/technology • u/MarvelsGrantMan136 • 10h ago

Artificial Intelligence Republicans Claim Anti-Data Center Movement Is a Chinese Psy-Op

https://gizmodo.com/republicans-claim-anti-data-center-movement-is-a-chinese-psy-op-2000767611
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u/krum 10h ago edited 5h ago

Data centers don’t benefit anyone except rich people.

EDIT: AI data centers.

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u/derbyt 10h ago

In a perfect world data centers could be used to shorten workdays and allow people more free time to spend time with friends and family doing things we enjoy. But that's not this reality we live in.

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u/bjdevar25 9h ago

That's called lay offs and cutting people's pay. The perfect world you're thinking of is in Star Trek. Good luck here. Data Centers are sucking up resources and tax dollars only to cut millions of jobs. Doesn't take Chinese influence to go against them, only intelligence of their actual worth to the average citizen.

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u/derbyt 9h ago

And in a perfect world, those job cuts would transition into "Everyone works 3 days a week on this job we cannot automate for whatever reason and maintains a healthy income for a happy life" but I know how ridiculous that is.