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There shouldn’t be any tax exemptions for these dat centers. That’s fucking bullshit. Boils my blood. We get to pay every stupid fucking tax but yeah go ahead and give the corporations an easy W. They really need it in these trying times. I’m not sure I can hate government anymore than I already do.
Yeah, but that’s what local and state governments do. They try to compete for the businesses to locate within their jurisdiction because they believe that the jobs created will outweigh the tax exemptions during the initial stages of the project. Most of the time those tax exemptions sunset, but if the property taxes are significant enough the company can just start the process all over again with other locations while offloading the property that was exempted but now is, or should be, fully taxed.
Yessir, I understand how it works. I’m saying it should not be possible anywhere.
Here’s a Connecticut town removing their flock cameras. An FOIA request showed that in a short amount of time third parties accessed that towns flock info 590,000 times. This isn’t only for safety.
https://www.nbcconnecticut.com/news/local/two-towns-end-contracts-with-automated-license-plate-reader-company-flock-safety/3755508/?amp=1
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Fuck data centers.
I put some of my own time and money into fighting one last year. They wanted to put up huge buildings in the middle of miles upon miles of beautiful horse farms. It backed up to the property of some friends of ours and would have absolutely destroyed their property. Bunch of back room dealing with scummy local politicians before anyone even knew it was happening. Tried to get it rezoned from ag land without anyone noticing. They could have went 20 miles up the road and had as much land as they wanted for far cheaper and no headaches, but shitting all over a community worked a little better logistically for them and they almost seemed to take delight in it. We had enough money and energy behind it to make them move on and let the local politicians know to never try it again, but not everyone is going to be that fortunate. Build whatever the hell you want to but stop trying to build it in people's back yard.
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It’s not just tax exemptions, it’s waivers of existing zoning and planning regulations, ‘temporary’ environmental impact exemptions, or any number of creative ‘incentives’ that can be implemented.
That’s not limited to data centers, it’s the standard for nearly any new major project or relocation.
Back in my hometown, a large apartment building corporation wanted to build a pretty large project with 200+ units near downtown. They didn’t want to have to ‘waste’ more than one level for parking so they asked for a variance from the minimum parking space ordinance. They promised, but didn’t guarantee in writing it now appears, that they would make around 20-25% of the units ‘affordable’ units that would accept subsidized tenants. After construction plans were approved and physical construction was well along, they announced that they wouldn’t be making any of the units available for subsidized tenants because it just didn’t pencil out for them.
The real problem is that this is their 4th project that has been granted parking space exemptions and local developers have been rejected when applying for those same exemptions for decades.
Was it a subsidized daycare?
Flocks largest donor reportedly exchanged over 2000 emails with Epstein. NBD. Where are those files?
The AI news is ramping up recently. According to several AI companies, they created a monster and need the worlds governments to help stop it 🤔 some have suggested there’s more than 10% chance AI will destroy the world in 10 years 🤷🏼♂️
And the gubmint just stated they have no interest in regulating it. It's literally their job. We have no need for them if they don't.
Are there concerns real or are they trying to restrict their competitors?
"destroy the world" may be extreme, but there absolutely needs to be some form of regulation upheld. A few examples that come to mind:
AI music takes likeness (voice cloning) and reproduces/repurposes it with no consent from artists. The only current control point is existing US copyright laws. This can also apply to art in a general sense, but music is a quickly growing example.
Grok was producing images of CSAM on request before their team stepped in to restrict prompts. Some users were criminally charged, but no punishment for the company that opened the door for it to happen, a weird gray area.
Similar to copyright laws, there's existing measures, but there isn't a federal policy that controls what sensitive data every AI company can collect, how long it can retain it, whether it can train on it, or how a user can force that information back out of an AI system.
Not regulating AI, when the rest of our lives is regulated so much (some needed some not), is just ludicrous.
They are bleeding massive amounts of cash. If they IPO now the bubble will pop. So, inject more fear to increase value and buy themselves more time. How many AI developers are currently in AI psychosis themselves? It's a manipulative echo chamber.
Look at stocks for cybersecurity companies the past few days...
AI has not proven any meaningful return in the private sector. But they need private sector support (and funding) to continue with this effort.
They tried to take a page out of the railroad expansion book in this country. The problem is people saw tangible improvements in their lives, and were more empowered from that new physical means of connecting us more efficiently. They didn't face the resistance we see today, shocker...
Fed gave two RR companies a ton of land to build tracks, and a ton of land surrounding that. The RR companies built the tracks, then sold the land along it to people. Those people then used the RR as a vehicle for development and growth.
Altman? He wants to sell you compute power... Something our brains do incredibly well already, before the strategic dumbing down of society.
It is only valuable for surveillance, war, controlling people, and the continued fracturing of a shared reality.
Wars are no longer physically won in the traditional sense. They are digital. Control minds, critical infrastructure, etc.
US trying to employ our WWII strategy again to maintain global supremacy but I haven't seen a shred of evidence that it will work. In fact, I see the opposite.
And for the malcontents, I love this nation and the people that make it what it is.
We need to remove ourselves from the empire of illusion we've built. Then we will start making good decisions.
Don't listen to the grass meeeaaaaannnnnnn!
https://x.com/arikuschnir/status/2099830592665686436?s=20
Don’t know much about AI honestly. To put in terms that my simple brain can process, I view it as Kawasaki and Honda bringing back the 500 two stroke and doubling the HP every few years then asking the government for help to stop doubling the horsepower. But not willing to do it themselves cause they don’t want to lose the edge against competitors. (Assuming the demand is through the roof for monster two strokes)
Something happened that scared Musk and the group. Of course, us peasants never know.
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