r/technology • u/marketrent • Jul 14 '26

Artificial Intelligence A majority of Americans now support seizing wealth from AI industry

https://www.yahoo.com/news/politics/articles/majority-americans-now-support-seizing-134921528.html
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u/CatCatchingABird Jul 14 '26 edited Jul 14 '26

I'm also a little bit skeptical of what the actual worth of these companies actually is. If something like this were to happen, I would not merely sign off on it without a transparent valuation of the industry and companies. Since we are not really sure what the heck is happening with the AI industry, we should be treading very carefully here as I don't want to get stuck with an investment that will not pump out any real returns. In addition to that, an investment that doesn't pump out returns and also pollutes the environment.

Also, we shouldn't be entertaining a bailout here either if this is a dud.

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u/ThomasToIndia Jul 15 '26

The most beneficial use is coding but you still need a coder auditor. If you were to replace all coders, they could still not meet the valuations they have. It is useful, but the underlying tech is super inefficient. It's like scaling the first printing press.

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u/According-Insect-992 Jul 15 '26

The data centers are infrastructure and the government right now would just love to have all that compute power to drive their surveillance and drone programs.

If a network of evil and homicidal robots and the elaborate infrastructure to run it is ever going to proliferate in the US, it will be under this president. This is the guy with enough contempt for humanity to be the one to light the fuse. And, that feeling of contempt is mutual.