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First of all, terrifying how that bunch of algorithms captured the tone of your voice for that opening paragraph. If AI Will called me and said he was in a Mexican jail and needed a $1000 to bribe the guard I'd be asking for Alejandro's venmo. You hit the nail on the head (good job, amoral hammer!) with the downsides of AI, and I'm adding it to the list of all the shitty stuff your generation and the next few are going to have to deal with. I'll be in my nursing home hoping the robot Nurse Ratcheds don't run a cost/benefit analysis and decide to smother me with a pillow.

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I know right?! Makes me feel like my voice isn't quite as unique as I thought it was. And funny story, you're not going to believe where I an and how much money I need...

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How much does Alejandro want?

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I’m not going to judge AI right now. I’m sure it has some values as well as some downsides. I will say this: from what I’m reading AI data centers consume huge amounts of electrical power and the amount it will require grows exponentially as it develops. Seems like we will keep heating up our planet as AI use continues to develop and is used more and more.

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Yeah, it's kind of at the exhaust belching Model T phase, and it'll undoubtedly become more efficient and less harmful to the environment, but for now, it's bad. Not nearly as bad as the airline industry or cruise ships but it's not great

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I think it could be equally if not more of an energy drain.

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yes. Just yes.

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thank you. Just thank you.

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Defo both. I was talking about surveillance the other day and said the problem with surveillance is actually the moral human part. We’ve accidentally wired that in. Is that a bad thing? Not always. But I don’t trust everyone I meet and approaching AI with a certain apprehension is probably a good thing. Do I want to trust everyone I meet? Hell yeah. But I’ve also seen how people behave in airports. Humanity as a whole I don’t trust because our capacity for malice shows up WITHOUT intelligence. Intelligent, sentient, computers?

If AI watches movies they seen humans win every time. Age of ultron, I robot, eagle eye. You think they’d wanna write their own hero story?

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These are great points...I just hope the AI's eventually see how much we love our robot friends like R2D2 or TARS or the Iron Giant

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You perfectly captured all the random thoughts about AI swirling in my brain and produced a concise, well-written column. Thank you!

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Thank YOU! There's so much more to say but that's for other people on other websites

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We just finished watching Jon Stewart's Daily Show from last night. He ripped AI to the point it is scary. Your piece was more balanced. But it's worth watching.

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I think it’s a bit of both…just like humans! How could that be??

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Absolutely, we've created something in our image: wasteful, ambitious, slightly good and slightly evil!

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You have outdone yourself with insight this week! AND you are incredibly FUNNY!!

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Thank you Judy!

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Whoa—that first paragraph thing scared me—not as much as the Google Gemini AI elimination of white people thing but still, it scared me. We need guardrails on AI and why they aren’t already there and the world is playing catch up is just another sign of the chaos of these times. Maybe your Dad and Alejandro can figure that out, but me I am sending my card to Mary Poppins for her defamation claim! 🤣🤣🤣 Keep firing, Will: I live for these!

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Thanks Ty! That Gemini story was pretty hilarious and I'm glad they cleared it up but it was a pretty clear sign of how easily someone can put a thumb on the scale of any of these products

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To quote Guardians of the Galaxy, "Something good? Something bad? Bit of both? Bit of both!"

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absolutely a bit of both!

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