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> The impotence of naive idealism in the face of economic incentives A great point. I saw blinding idealism during the early days of GPT era.
by rishabhaiover 7mo ago
> The impotence of naive idealism in the face of economic incentives
A great point. I saw blinding idealism during the early days of GPT era.
- coliveira 7mo agoThis was never idealism, it was much more about gaslighting. Billionaire investors have a playbook where they say something to gaslight people into agreeing with them, and then go to the opposite direction. It is already a pattern. For example, most companies would swear they were decided on cutting carbon emissions, just to forget everything when it comes to build data centers. They say some technology is just for the growth of mankind when in fact they're looking for monopoly and destroying jobs. They say they're donating money for "charity" when they're in fact investing in technologies that they have vested financial interest. They say we need to contribute to a not-for-profit institution which will later be used to create another monopoly. It is so predictable that I wonder why anyone can still be fooled by this.
- CamperBob2 7mo agoFor example, most companies would swear they were decided on cutting carbon emissions, just to forget everything when it comes to build data centers. This doesn't seem contradictory if you consider that success at AGI will solve the problem of carbon emissions, one way or another. If one data center ultimately replaces a whole medium-sized city of commuters...
- bluefirebrand 7mo ago> If one data center ultimately replaces a whole medium-sized city of commuters... Then we find out how long it takes for a medium sized city of commuters to start killing each other, elites and burning down data centers. Once they're hungry enough it'll happen for sure
- CamperBob2 7mo agoI guess this is what Plato meant when he said that people would have to be dragged out of the cave kicking and screaming, and would then demand to be let back in.
- Ekaros 7mo agoData centres should have plenty of good loot. Raw materials like copper or at least aluminium. Maybe even steel, but value proposition there is less likely. I suppose someone will be interested in example fuel too if there is fuel based backup generation.
- coliveira 7mo agoThinking about that, a world dominated by data centers will be relatively easy do disrupt, someone just needs to destroy a dozen or so datacenters to bring everything down.
- bluefirebrand 7mo agoDestroying a data center is going to be a pretty tough sell when they are patrolled by autonomous killer drones and such
- irishcoffee 7mo agoA given country is about 6 missed meals away from complete anarchy.