Comment by RunSet
4 hours ago
My reply above highlights the unthinking assumption that data is best processed in a centralized manner that runs roughshod over democratic processes.
Imagine, way back when, before automobiles were adopted, if car manufacturers lobbied for subsidies and bought out all supplies of steel for years in advance with a promise to pay with yet-to-be realized profits rather than compete based on merit.
"terms of productivity" indeed. The inefficient mode of transmutation was chosen because I find slop's value proposition dubious. The merest hint of regulation shakes the industry like a rotten tree.
> The inefficient mode of transmutation was chosen because I find slop's value proposition dubious.
You’re proving my last paragraph. (Also, if you don’t know how to make AI generate good things instead of slop, now is a very crucial time to learn.)
No, my second reply to you was to illustrate the absurdity of the second paragraph of your post to which it replied. If you perceive a flaw in it then it is likely a case of the fox smelling its own hole.
Neither is there any need to sleuth your way to what I "actually" believe. I have already given you the answer.
Your attempts at misdirection are unavailing.
In the original message I was responding to, you were not alluding to a level playing field. You were alluding to no field at all (“Notice how the comparison is never to the absence of data centers”).
If that is not what you intended, I welcome a clarification.