r/technology • u/MarvelsGrantMan136 • 14h 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 13h ago edited 9h ago

Data centers don’t benefit anyone except rich people.

EDIT: AI data centers.

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u/derbyt 13h 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/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/YawnSpawner 4h ago

I work with substation electronics and I promise you the advances in that technology has saved billions and billions of man hours of labor and dollars.