AI is not nearly so bad as what they are saying. Don't get me wrong, I hate AI. **Don't get me wrong**, its gonna kill jobs, make the world a worse place, has already almost ruined the internet, stolen huge amounts of art, datacenters will turn the earth into venus (this was a real study), and the entire economy has become a scam. but this 'oh no it might destroy humanity, please daddy regulate us' is about two things: 1. anyone with the right fucking hardware can run an LLM (large language module) and they'd rather you didn't., and especially they don't want cheap rivals popping up so much https://www.rawstory.com/raw-investigates/ai-civilization/?link_source=ta_first_comment&taid=6aa80e803baae40001768ea5&utm_campaign=trueanthem&utm_medium=social&utm_source=facebook&fbclid=IwY2xjawUV_4BwZG9mBWV4dG4DYWVtAjEwAGJyaWQRMUc4RkZ6YWRlTWpCTlBFOHFzcnRjBmFwcF9pZBAyMjIwMzkxNzg4MjAwODkyAAEeX0loQlBprzsbdutvPAh2ClgOyjsLI5Pj-qqiuLGxdYzyRkpIQKVjuiJkyso_aem_ZsZT250HQGHU0rqHieEVyg and 2. the bubble was about to burst. everytime it gets close, they start howling about how AI daddy is gonna spank them so hard it destroys humanity, oh no, oh no, hopefully its not a CHINESE AI that kills us, better make sure its an american, oh yes, - so be sure to invest and get all that money, oh yes, its so DANGEROUS, $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$ gimme.