Ludditry Is Coming Back Into Fashion
It’s not exactly like these data-centers are free for anyone and everyone to roam through. So knows what goes on inside them. I don’t beleive the curated press-ready professional photos one bit.
At long last…
https://www.zerohedge.com/technology/sharp-escalation-americans-starting-revolt-against-data-centers
Where does this put you anon?
I couple this news item with the ramblings of one Bernie Sanders when he appeared on the Joe Rogan podcast 4 months ago, which I was listening to the other night. Both express concern about Ai and the robots displacing human labour.
I like the escalation of concern that is going on and the rising revolt against big tech.
That being said, I reiterate a point I made in an earlier article: These new robots are tied to economic demand and necessity. If there is no market of buyers who will purchase the goods they produce…. because no one has any money anymore… then they make themselves redundant. And unused machines, equipment, plants etc become a liability for the owner. Land tax still exists, maintenance still exists, utility bills, security bills and insurance costs still exist. And the remorseless need to keep up with competition still exists.
There’s a thing called the laws of thermodynamics. Basically there is always a force acting upon even inanimate objects built with maximum durability. The layers of dust form, as do the movement cracks, the UV radiation and the other undetectable signs of gradual decay. The weather bashes down. etc And thus you get something like this:
The tomb of Tutenkhamen is deteriorating.
West of Luxor, the Valley of the Kings is home to dozens of royal tombs carved deep into the limestone mountains. Many have suffered erosion from recurring flash floods that strike the arid region. In 1994, a catastrophic flood submerged the valley in muddy water, raising humidity and triggering fungal outbreaks that damaged paintings throughout several tombs, including Tutankhamun’s.
The robots need people. The robot owners might not think they need human workers, but they need human customers. Otherwise they will eventually end up as being loner nerds with a bunch of expensive toys but no one to play with. Even your bedroom-bound isolated gamer ners are intereacting with other people online.
People who have been displaced by robots and elect to persevere will eventually find other unemplpoyed losers to hang out with, and form a new hangout crew…which will evolve into a successor society that grow on the frubble of the old civilization that crumbled…. which by the way crumbled because people were no longer motivated in propping it up. It had passed its use-by date. Time to move on.