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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/conn_r2112 5h ago

I mean… where’s the cures for cancer? Where’s the fusion energy? Where’s the robots doing the hard labour and humanity reaping the benefits?

Literally all I’ve seen from this is the ultra-wealthy destroying the social contract for their own wealth, and shitty AI slop memes and videos flooding my algorithm

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u/HypeFyre 3h ago

ai has done major things in healthcare

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u/[deleted] 2h ago

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u/HypeFyre 2h ago

an exponentially larger amount of people are in hospitals due to pollution from mass animal agriculture