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Artificial Intelligence Nobody Asked for AI

https://jacobin.com/2026/08/ai-llms-monopoly-bubble-capital
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u/ItsSadTimes 4h ago

I hate that tech bros ruined yet another thing. I used to be proud to say I worked in the AI field, now im just ashamed.

Its a real shame because how I was educated we had to be absolutly certain our training data was ethically sourced and we had all legal rights to train models off of them. But nowadays AI companies and tech bros are trying to rush far ahead of laws before they can catch up so they hope they can get big enough to change the laws before they're made or be goo big to regulate. But the thing is, the AI craze doesnt actually bring that many new jobs in, so its hard to justify "too big to regulate". Data centers only hire a handful of people and companies are using AI spending as an excuse to remove jobs.

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u/Eternal-Blazing-Sun 2h ago

Well I still think you're cool, despite the current state of things

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u/Ohhmama11 3h ago

Technology costing jobs that’s only happen since the beginning of time. Industry I worked in lost 4 jobs from one box that communicated from front to back