The anti-AI thread

[IronWing]

Back in the 90s and up to the dot com bust, there was a fiber optic boom/bust. It was a spectacular misallocation of resources. The legacy of having all that dark fiber in the ground paid off a decade later when demand finally caught up. AI data center companies have reached the point where they are offering to pay for the build out of electrical infrastructure to feed their data centers. It might not be a bad thing to have a bunch of excess grid capacity in place after the AI bubble pops.

 

[KMFJD]

This is the bullshit we can expect in our AI future:

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Gold mining tailings dam. AI-generated stock image.

This is what a real tailings dam looks like:
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Note the lack of flood gates and power house, because, you know, it's a tailings dam.

The article accompanying the AI image was also AI generated and notes, "Globally, an estimated 13 billion square tonnes of tailings are generated at mine sites each year…".
How many tonnes of gold are there in a square tonne of gold?

If you don't know what a tailings dam is, here:

Tailings dam - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

that's a well kept gold mining operation, this is what it looks like in the rest of the world


zoomed out it's at the bottom by the Dominican Republic

Barrick Gold btw, the red is the tailings dam, it's about 15 miles long

 

[IronWing]

that's a well kept gold mining operation, this is what it looks like in the rest of the world

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zoomed out it's at the bottom by the Dominican Republic
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Barrick Gold btw, the red is the tailings dam, it's about 15 miles long

Barrick is proposing a new, larger tailings dam for that mine. They are proposing a downstream construction method for the dam which is the most stable method of constructing a tailings dam. I don't know how the current dam was constructed but given the age, likely upstream construction, the least stable method.

 

[Muse]

Just received an email from Robert Reich

Subject: An Urgent Message: What You Must Know About AI
From: Robert Reich <robertreich@substack.com>
Date: Wed, 12 Nov 2025 00:25:24 +0000

Less than 3 minutes

 

[Kaido]

rofl

https://www.reddit.com/r/regularcarreviews/comments/1oubl82/someone_kept_track_of_all_the_axle_configurations

 

[Kaido]

 

[Kaido]

Guy interviews AI:

 

[KMFJD]

https://bsky.app/profile/carlquintanilla.bsky.social%2Fpost%2F3m5jnyrfnsk2g

ah well, we will just tell it to be double sure next time or some stupid shit

 

[Kaido]

https://bsky.app/profile/carlquintanilla.bsky.social%2Fpost%2F3m5jnyrfnsk2g

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ah well, we will just tell it to be double sure next time or some stupid shit

Hacking is gonna get scary

China Opens Its Superconducting Quantum Computer For Commercial Use

The Quantum Insider (TQI) is the leading online resource dedicated exclusively to Quantum Computing.

thequantuminsider.com

 

[KMFJD]

meanwhile in the good ol' US we use ai for good shit like this

Barrick is proposing a new, larger tailings dam for that mine. They are proposing a downstream construction method for the dam which is the most stable method of constructing a tailings dam. I don't know how the current dam was constructed but given the age, likely upstream construction, the least stable method.

knowing how they used to build stuff here, yeah it's probably not good i know there are protests up there

 

[Kaido]

Google sued over its Gemini AI allegedly spying on users

According to the lawsuit, Google activated Gemini by default last month without alerting users or asking for consent

qz.com

A proposed class-action lawsuit filed on Tuesday in federal court in San Jose, California and first reported by Bloomberg, accuses the company of unlawfully turning on Gemini across Gmail, Google Chat, and Meet, effectively allowing its AI to monitor and analyze users’ private messages and attachments.

In leaving Gemini set to “on,” Google allegedly gave the system access to “the entire recorded history” of users’ communications, potentially violating California's Invasion of Privacy Act.

The company reported $100 billion in net profit in 2024, up over 30% from the previous year.

 

[Kaido]

Data centers are spiking electricity costs in Maryland. It’s the ‘tip of the iceberg,’ one expert warns:

https://www.cnn.com/2025/11/14/climate/virginia-data-centers-ai-maryland-electricity-bill-increase

We need some laws to stop this ASAP.

We shouldn’t be subsidizing [the AI companies],” Carstarphen said. “They have enough money.”

 

[KMFJD]

fuck the people, making too much money speculating on this shit

 

[KLin]

Watch unnamed | Streamable

Watch "unnamed" on Streamable.

streamable.com

 

[KMFJD]

https://bsky.app/profile/enginvir.bsky.social%2Fpost%2F3m5w3bpesls2e

that doesn't sound optimal, looks like moving to linux will be a thing for many people

 

[nakedfrog]

Can I just get a checkbox in Windows that says "No, don't do any AI shit at all, whatsoever, I don't want or need you here, fuck off"?

 

[Red Squirrel]

So glad I run Linux now, Windows has turned into pure trash. I don't want any of that built into my OS. Same with One drive. If I want to use it I will explicitly go to the application but I don't want it built in.

 

[Kaido]

well here we go

https://imgur.com/a/here

 

[cytg111]

I want AI built into my brain. Seriously.

 

[nakedfrog]

I want AI built into my brain. Seriously.

Sir, this is the anti-AI thread, I'm going to have to ask you to leave

 

[IronWing]

Can I just get a checkbox in Windows that says "No, don't do any AI shit at all, whatsoever, I don't want or need you here, fuck off"?

No. Even changing group policy in Win 11 Pro to explicitly kill Copilot doesn’t survive the next update.

 

[nakedfrog]

Irritating as hell that Firefox decided to add a right-click context menu for "Ask an AI chatbot" (but at least it was fairly easy to disable).

 

[Red Squirrel]

Data centers are spiking electricity costs in Maryland. It’s the ‘tip of the iceberg,’ one expert warns:

https://www.cnn.com/2025/11/14/climate/virginia-data-centers-ai-maryland-electricity-bill-increase

We need some laws to stop this ASAP.

I don't get why this even happens, they should have to pay like we do. If they use more power then they should pay for it, and if the hydro company has to upgrade infrastructure then it should be on their dime.

If I decide I need more than 100 amps in my house and upgrade to 200 or heck, decide I want 3 phase, I'm going to have to pay out of pocket for that. So why are DCs not the same?

 

[cytg111]

https://bsky.app/profile/enginvir.bsky.social%2Fpost%2F3m5w3bpesls2e

that doesn't sound optimal, looks like moving to linux will be a thing for many people

Pretty sure it's a feature of all generative AI's so .. if you use AI in front of a PC and it's able to convince you to follow those steps - then....

 

[Red Squirrel]

I can see hackers get sneaky with trying to get people to put in AI prompts that end up downloading malware. It doesn't even need to be a prompt that makes sense, it could be some weird code that they managed to figure out that causes the AI to output what they want or that they somehow managed to train the AI with by letting it crawl their specialty crafted site. "I need you go open copilot and type this string... then follow instructions". This could be done over the phone for example by one of those scam call centres. Then again I guess they could just get people to go directly to the site to download the malware. But getting them to use copilot which is built into the PC would feel more legit for the user.