The real reason behind data centers is “surveillance capitalism”

I don't take anything OP says seriously but the expansion of the surveillance state is something to be concerned with.

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I don't take anything OP says seriously but the expansion of the surveillance state is something to be concerned with.

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You know for a fact it's for surveillance?

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Unless you think that Google, Meta, X, Amazon aren't surveilling you and sharing all of your data with intelligence agencies (they are)

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No shite they are.

If Amazon wants to track my purchases of random shite, then cool.

If Google wants to track my "find pics of sydney sweeney", then cool.

Don't care about META.

Etc...

With what I do, I gave up on avoiding surveillance a while ago.

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data centers

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for or against ....

Asking whether or not the Data Centers are for “surveillance” is akin to asking whether AI is for Military applications. Because given that these extraordinary powers have the potential to do extraordinary good, as well as evil, we are assured that those powers WILL be developed and employed. Like a gun, it depends on whose hand that gun is in.

The one thing that we can all agree on is that CONTROL will be the narrative and operational principle of the coming, new civilizational paradigm. Both the Marxist and Capitalists see that it’s the only way forward. And given the acquiescence of extraordinary power, such requires extraordinary control.

Prepare to get your “Number “ and worship the “Beast” (well-meaning World Government), and pray that in respect to the Eschatological narrative, that Jesus is there to step in and take control “for the sake of the Elect”…when it turns on for our resistance. It’s an arse kicking any way we cut it, but the “fiery trial that shall try (think ‘refine’) our faith “ will push us to the next level. I.e., ‘Heaven’.

IMO, of course. Which is worth zilch in the big picture.

Lord come quickly.

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I don't take anything OP says seriously but the expansion of the surveillance state is something to be concerned with.

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Been saying it for years. They want to know everything. Now go read "3 Felonies A Day" and let that sink in.

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The real reason behind data centers is “surveillance capitalism”

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Two things can be true at once. AI is a potentially great tool.

But AI's ability to "intrude" is analogous to a "most trusted advisor" passing one's most private revelations to anyone willing to pay for them.

Unlike web search engines,
AI .. requires .. tracking elements tied to personal accounts. Those in turn tag to your MAC address. And unlike search engines, AI exchanges tend to be more conversational, detailed, and revealing. We've seen examples of AI's ability to analyze posting style, belief sets, political positions, and even IQ estimates of posters here. It is a safe bet that AI aggregates such things on every user based on interactions. The only question is what it does with the info.

I don't routinely use AI at this point.
But when it first emerged, I engaged various platforms on issues like Anthropogenic Climate Change, CV19 zoonosis, etc. assessing which was more "woke" than the other. I'd breakdown AI answers through a series of questions, with the normal conclusion of the AI source "admitting" its initial position was wrong.

Great, it was learning.
The question is, what was it learning. From that point, response patterns in my queries appeared to moderate ... until I got others to put the same prompt to the same engine side-by-side, with significantly different (and leftist) answers (the AI default). So, extrapolating default answers to an AI base "belief," AI did not "believe" what it was telling me. It answered in ways it believed I would find more favorable ... give the customer what he wants. Outside my account, despite it admitting its positions were incorrect, it returned to them.

Just an example of AI gleaning information about users and their POV and preferences.

Anyway, if you run your taxes and tax questions through AI (e.g., Gemini or ChatGPT) it retains your financial info forever. Imagine the potential ad value of that aggregate info amongst a population to retailers financial institutions. If your lawyer runs questions about your case through AI and inadvertently ties your name to it, attorney-client privilege goes out the window. Curious about "BlueChew"? AI ties you to that inquiry extrapolated to impotence. Gemini communicates your presumed aging/impotency, and Google targets Ads accordingly. ChatGPT does the same with MS/Bing. Worse yet if you engage on a Chinese AI platform.

Run for office, or somehow oppose their interests, MS or Google lobbyists say "Fine, but understand, we have a ton of info on you."

Flock and Flock-style cameras, combined with the all these data centers under construction, will effectively render America the second largest prison in human history (behind the USSR) once they're all turned on.

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Dig your head from your arse.

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Man, y’all really hate data centers.