"We're in an AI race with China" okay why aren't we in a solar race or high-speed rail race or healthcare race or quality of life race or some shit.
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@Elizafox because in AI we have a slight competitive edge, in those other things we are losing big
@ariadne @Elizafox I can't remember where, but I heard it recently pointed out - the only part of the AI industry that's close to profitable is bulk inference computation. And that's something that just needs a big building and cheap electricity - so the advantage there goes to the country with the greatest efficiencies of scale in construction and solar panel installation. Which is China.
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What was that thing in "Oppenheimer" where he took the math to Einstein because there was a concern that it would ignite our atmosphere?That's where we're at.
How many groups have said that AI is likely to kill us all, but they're *still* racing towards it?I guess people are more concerned about *which* AI kills us than *whether* AI kills us. I mean, we'll be dead either way, so why does it matter?
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"We're in an AI race with China" okay why aren't we in a solar race or high-speed rail race or healthcare race or quality of life race or some shit.
@Elizafox because people aren't abominable intelligence
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@Elizafox a tiny electric car race would be cool too
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"We're in an AI race with China" okay why aren't we in a solar race or high-speed rail race or healthcare race or quality of life race or some shit.
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"We're in an AI race with China" okay why aren't we in a solar race or high-speed rail race or healthcare race or quality of life race or some shit.
@Elizafox Because the USA has lost those already. The first two to China, the latter two to a whole bunch of nations.
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@ariadne "Why do anything when we can just keep doing things the way we've been doing since the 80's"
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"We're in an AI race with China" okay why aren't we in a solar race or high-speed rail race or healthcare race or quality of life race or some shit.
@Elizafox meanwhile cage homes are a thing in China, too.
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"We're in an AI race with China" okay why aren't we in a solar race or high-speed rail race or healthcare race or quality of life race or some shit.
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Because the few in power expect to get even more money out of the AI race.
And they do not need solar, high speed rail, improved health care or whatever, since they can already always buy their way to the best service for themselves. -
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"We're in an AI race with China" okay why aren't we in a solar race or high-speed rail race or healthcare race or quality of life race or some shit.
@Elizafox various explanations in the replies but i think the real reason is because AI is a weapon, or can be used as one
the AI race is another arms race
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"We're in an AI race with China" okay why aren't we in a solar race or high-speed rail race or healthcare race or quality of life race or some shit.
@Elizafox because if USA looses AI race you will all discover why socialism was actually not that bad of an idea.
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"We're in an AI race with China" okay why aren't we in a solar race or high-speed rail race or healthcare race or quality of life race or some shit.
@Elizafox oil is still too cheap; no money in transporting people; muricans don't have more to spend on health; qol is EU propaganda -- we da best
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"We're in an AI race with China" okay why aren't we in a solar race or high-speed rail race or healthcare race or quality of life race or some shit.
@Elizafox summary: because capitalism.
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@Elizafox oil is still too cheap; no money in transporting people; muricans don't have more to spend on health; qol is EU propaganda -- we da best
@martenson @Elizafox They don't have enough to spend on health because it's going into the pockets of insurance executives and private equity firms. The USA spends more per person than countries with universal health care and gets worse results.
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@Elizafox
Because the few in power expect to get even more money out of the AI race.
And they do not need solar, high speed rail, improved health care or whatever, since they can already always buy their way to the best service for themselves. -
"We're in an AI race with China" okay why aren't we in a solar race or high-speed rail race or healthcare race or quality of life race or some shit.
@Elizafox bc we’re losing those races and Trump hates losers is my bet
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"We're in an AI race with China" okay why aren't we in a solar race or high-speed rail race or healthcare race or quality of life race or some shit.
@Elizafox none of that will soothe the aristocracy's square-one demand for slaves, whatever shape they might take
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"We're in an AI race with China" okay why aren't we in a solar race or high-speed rail race or healthcare race or quality of life race or some shit.
@Elizafox who exactly is "we"?
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"We're in an AI race with China" okay why aren't we in a solar race or high-speed rail race or healthcare race or quality of life race or some shit.
@Elizafox We are all of it. China is challenging.
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@ariaflame @jaaphuib @Elizafox Exactly. They've figured out the way to make insane amounts of money *without* being profitable. Why deal with the hassle of profit when you can just keep saying "this model is better than the last one" and people just keep throwing money at you?
