Post #4240855

2026-07-30 11:21 UTC

RE: https://ec.social-network.europa.eu/@HennaVirkkunen/117008348161347403 "Gigafactory" is a term coined and popularized by known fascist and racist Elon Musk. "AI Factory" was coined by NVIDIA to make investments into their graphics cards look like a reasonable way to use one's resources. That alone should stop anyone from using those terms or their composita. The fact that "AI" hasn't shown meaningful contribution to economic growth or increased productivity is another mark against it. But "AI" does what it was built to do: Disenfranchise Labor, push down wages, increase power and economic inequality. Those "Factories" produce injustice. No democracy should want anything to do with it.

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@Sustainable2050@mastodon.energy 2026-07-30 11:37

@tante@tldr.nettime.org I don't want Europe to become an AI continent.

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@gimulnautti@mastodon.green 2026-07-30 12:21

@tante@tldr.nettime.org What these factories will produce are weapons. You should think of #AI as dual-use technology. It has some civilian uses, but the tip of the spear is in #military and surveillance. #Weapons don't have to be elegant. They don't need to hit every time, as long as you have a lot of them. That's what modern ML does best. AI tools will accelerate development of weapons. Especially #autonomousweapons. These data centers will undoubtedly become the nerve centers of a global world tyranny.

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@energisch_@troet.cafe 2026-07-30 11:40

@tante@tldr.nettime.org they'd better insure their investments ... in the US such building sites are already a fav spot for plunder and theft of cables, building parts etc. Anything that can be picked up by crane and hawled off quickly ;-)

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@thisislieven@c.im 2026-07-30 11:55

@tante@tldr.nettime.org Am I alone in also feeling a profound sadness over all of this? Yes, I'm angry over wasteful spending. Worried about the environmental impact. Scared for the loss of our humanity. Infuriated to be told my words are AI (they never are). Exhausted of the constant copying of the US despite... But mostly - I am genuinely just really sad.

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@GeoffWozniak@masto.hackers.town 2026-07-30 12:01

@tante@tldr.nettime.org Canada is all-in on this, too. I'm all for getting off of our US tech infra reliance. But why throw that time and effort into a sinkhole, while still throwing money at a US company.

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