[ExI] it hasn't yet...

[Keith Henson]

It doesn't matter much what, if at all, people think about AI.  It is
happening now, and the powerful forces of greed, anticipating a
mountain of gold, will not be thwarted.

Why are people anticipating a mountain of gold?  The last few decades
have taught investors that they can do very well indeed if they get
into the latest technology early.  AI is the latest technology,
therefore . . .

I am just astounded that the amount of money going into AI data
centers is on a par with the defense budget.  Wash Post today.


Keith

On Sat, Feb 7, 2026 at 6:10 PM Gregory Jones via extropy-chat
<extropy-chat at lists.extropy.org> wrote:
>
> ...but it soon will be.
>
> I am out at sea with very little  bandwidth, so I talk and listen to other passengers, to see what they know about AI.  Some refer me to the former VPOTUS who explained that it is a fancy thing and is two letters.
>
> It occurred to me that AI isn't really politicized, yet.  But we can see how quickly things are moving.  We in this forum recognize that AI might solve all our problems or kill us.  As that realization overtakes the general population, they will look to political leaders to tell them if it is a good thing or a bad thing.  Subtlety and nuance go out the window.  Science out, politics in, reality pushed aside, truth unavailable.
>
> It hasn't happened yet.  But it will.
>
> spike
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