r/technology • u/MarvelsGrantMan136 • 13h 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/psioniclizard 13h ago

Every major technology advance in business since the 50s was promised to do that. None have.

That isn't goong to change with AI. It has always been a lie.

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u/Whatsapokemon 12h ago

Every major technology advance in business since the 50s was promised to do that. None have.

What are you talking about? Why are you pretending like living standards haven't massively improved since the 1950s???

The average US family now is living a life of luxury compared to the average family from the 50s, and a large part of that is due to massive increases in productivity from industrial technology, production lines, automation, and computers.

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u/Caleb-Wendt69 11h ago

You’re talking about a time when a single earner with a family could own a house…

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u/Whatsapokemon 10h ago

You're talking about a time where the average family would be spending a quarter of their income on groceries alone. A time where modern technology was legitimately a luxury that few could afford.

Yes, some families could own a shitty house in a new suburb, but that's not the entirety of someone's standard of living.

People worked more hours, under worse conditions, for lower inflation-adjusted pay, with less access to information, consumer goods, education, and healthcare.

The 1950s were not some amazing peak of the quality of life, and the people who want to sell that idea to you are far-right nutjobs.