Subj : Re: Chinese Scientists Cr
To   : Aaron Thomas
From : Ron L.
Date : Sat Feb 22 2025 07:52:46

-=> Aaron Thomas wrote to Dr. What <=-

 AT> I think I got the story wrong.. It's not that we need to double our
 AT> electricity, but it's the AI data centers that need to double their
 AT> electricity. So hopefully this won't affect us financially any time
 AT> soon.

Ya, I can see AI centers creating their own ability to generate power if they
need that much.

 AT> But I strongly distrust the premise of "AI is to make our lives
 AT> better."

It's like any new technology.  You have the cheerleaders saying "it will solve
world hunger!" and the nay-sayers "it will destroy civilization."  But like any
tool, it depends on how it's used.

Like I said before, the biggest threat from AI is that people blindly trust it.

 AT> I strongly suspect that all the talk about it is to ease us
 AT> into coming to terms with robot warfare. (Who cares if China is ahead
 AT> of us in technology? It only matter if it's a security issue!)

We already have that with the military drones and, really, we've had that since
long range missles.


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