• Trebuchet
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    Misleading headline. No proof AI directly contributed to the growth, but rather the industry around AI, e.g. data centre builds

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      “We created some temporary jobs that ultimately facilitate the destruction of the human race. Number go up! Economy good now!”

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        ultimately facilitate the destruction of the human race

        Only indirectly in that all the data centers are dramatically increasing energy usage undermining shifts to renewable energy generation and therefore accelerating the already irreversible effects of climate change.

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          Yeah. I don’t buy the “AI is going to kill us” crap. For one, we don’t have AI yet. But there is the real danger of stupid people appointing “AI” to handle important tasks, which can and has resulted in people being killed. The blame lies with the humans who chose to put bad software into those positions.