HN thread urges resisting 'AI'

A Hacker News post urges individuals and organizations to resist current 'AI', arguing it is seductive and harmful until its significant harms are eliminated or compensated. The author avoids programming AIs, acknowledges some useful features, and cites data center power roughly equal to 100,000 households and water to 50,000 households.

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