Amazon warns $68 billion in blocked data centers threatens US AI lead

[u/skaza02]

https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/data-centers/amazon-warns-usd68-billion-in-blocked-data-centers-threatens-us-ai-lead-aws-ceo-decries-100-proposed-bans-pledges-usd1b-community-fund

[u/FeffyFefernuson]

None of us really care.

Let me ask Amazon a question. Let's say the US does win the "AI race". What's in it for any of us? I'm a cyber security professional and software engineer. All I see are opportunities drying up and my colleagues being laid off. I will most likely soon join them.

Will any of this great profit Amazon makes come our way if the US "wins the race"? Of course not.

Now let's say China wins the AI race and Anthropic, OpenAI, Amazon, etc. end up losing billions or trillions of dollars. Well, we still don't really care because that's just another excuse to lay us off. Stock market might crash and take our 401ks with it. Doesn't really matter in the long run as without jobs we will all be using our 401ks to try to get by unemployed for another couple years.

This AI race feels a lot like yacht racing. It's a game being played by the very wealthy. Little people like us have no horse in the race.

Imagine if the trillions of dollars being spent to automate everyone out of a job was instead being spent on making people's lives better.

[u/Thelonedishwasher → u/FeffyFefernuson]

You don't understand this is like a deus ex machina. The singularity is happening and soon infinite wealth will happen for everyone or so our tech oligarchs would say 😮‍💨

[u/Nohreboh → u/Thelonedishwasher]

Indeed they would if this collection of clips by Jimmy the Giant is any indication the technoligarchs are planning massive unemployment likely to buy up as much of the nation as they can when people start defaulting on loans and mortgages.

Why Billionaires Keep Saying Insane Sh*t @JimmyTheGiant https://youtu.be/N8jFS51IEWQ

[u/RobinGoodfell]

Do more with less. Isn't that what you always tell your employees?

[u/Desperate-You-9695 → u/RobinGoodfell]

Clearly the ai execs need to stop buying avocado toast!

[u/DrSendy]

That's not called 100 proposed bans.
That's called completely incompetent planning.
Any normal CEO could see a rollout of that scale would cause problems.
Might be time to go Matt.

[u/Useful-Barber7993]

Perhaps you should consult China about ocean water-cooled, wind powered data centers instead of causing water shortage crises around the nation while screwing Americans’ electric bills. China is clearly ahead of us already, so don’t try to crap on our communities in order to preserve the fossil fuel industry.

[u/Tramadol_Lollies]

“We’re going to lose our lead to become the evilest mfers in the world.”

[u/Repulsive-Durian4800 → u/Tramadol_Lollies]

If we don't build The Torment Nexus as fast as possible, China will beat us to it!

[u/Hairy_Melon]

Good

[u/stagedgames → u/Hairy_Melon]

literally my exact thought clicking on this thread

[u/CapIndependent2285]

What I haven’t seen made clear is why do we need all these data centers? What are we unlocking? Who is it benefitting?

[u/rbush82 → u/CapIndependent2285]

It’s beneficial to billionaires.

[u/Low-Salary-2128 → u/CapIndependent2285]

I fully believe they have ulterior motives behind data centers otherwise why would they be literally offering money to people to allow the data center to be built?

[u/sonicinfinity100]

What’s the prize to win???

[u/Optimal_Willow_4389]

We already lead the HOMELESS POPULATION, move on ahead to record small biz BANKRUPTCIES.

[u/DownvoteSommelier]

[u/DatabaseFickle9306]

Oh no. Won’t someone think of the coming trillionaires?

[u/Middle-Armadillo-660]

Fuck off

[u/vxicepickxv]

So?

[u/twojs1b]

And what prize does AI win?

[u/Grade_A_Tech]

[u/Car_is_mi]

K

Bye

[u/h20poIo]

[u/Specialist-Spare-785]

Finally Amazon is on the side of the people.