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imanamerican63

(16,602 posts)
Sat Jul 18, 2026, 08:37 AM 7 hrs ago

Remember when we lived a simple life?

I recall growing up in a world where the media was just news, not opinions by people who thought they were experts.

Then came along cable tv. More news channels that you shake a stick at that ran 24 hours a day.

Then came along the internet were people posted untrue stories, news and conspiracy theories.

Now comes Ai and the problems that will bring. Useless data centers where they store more information about you and I then Ai can share with others.

Don’t get me wrong, I know progress is good. Yet, have we gone too far? Look at where this administration is getting most of their information about people and they want more!

Voting rolls is the thing they want most, so they can control and choose who they want to be able to vote. Trump proved that in his moronic propaganda speech the other night.

There is much more valuable information want to know about us and these data centers are the answer for them. That is why more and more are being built now than ever before.

The one thing that brings me to worry about? Will those billionaires be trusted with all the information they have banked in these centers? I doubt they would ever be trusted.

I don’t have a lot information to share, but what about the people who do? I’m sure they would like not having their family’s information shared for profit?

There is already too much information at the hands of those people. Your job history, addresses, credit information plus much more!

You can bet on the credibility that your life’s information will not be safe. Ai will be an example of someone who you have never known, taking your information then cloning your life and using it to create you in ways that would be detrimental for you.

Ai and data centers have and will take over us all. That should scare us to the highest level of evil.




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Remember when we lived a simple life? (Original Post) imanamerican63 7 hrs ago OP
I consider data centers the infrastructure of war EYESORE 9001 7 hrs ago #1
Thinking the same. It's a difficult world these days. biophile 7 hrs ago #2
Besides chucking everything Mossfern 6 hrs ago #3
You can turn off AI in Duck Duck Go. Raftergirl 6 hrs ago #5
Now we are caught on camera every time we leave our home. In the USSR you doc03 6 hrs ago #4
We're being destroyed by those who thought "1984" and "Brave New World" were a great idea. The Madcap 5 hrs ago #6
Message auto-removed Name removed 5 hrs ago #7
back before agriculture and permanent settlements eShirl 4 hrs ago #8

biophile

(1,791 posts)
2. Thinking the same. It's a difficult world these days.
Sat Jul 18, 2026, 08:46 AM
7 hrs ago

It’s always been a hard world. Before worrying about AI, we had to worry about sheer survival. Now it’s both! 😏

Mossfern

(4,950 posts)
3. Besides chucking everything
Sat Jul 18, 2026, 09:20 AM
6 hrs ago

and moving into a cave, is there any way to avoid being 'monitored' by AI?
Are there any search engines that don't include AI answers? Hell, every time I go to write a document now
I'm asked if I would like assistance.

I'm a recovering Luddite, but it seems that maybe I shouldn't recover so quickly.
I do fear it's too late.

doc03

(39,290 posts)
4. Now we are caught on camera every time we leave our home. In the USSR you
Sat Jul 18, 2026, 09:22 AM
6 hrs ago

had to get prior government permission to travel within the country, now in the USA Big Brother is watching your every move.

The Madcap

(2,303 posts)
6. We're being destroyed by those who thought "1984" and "Brave New World" were a great idea.
Sat Jul 18, 2026, 09:53 AM
5 hrs ago

Those books were a warning to us all, but the billionaire psychopaths seem to take them as aspirational goals.

How long before DU becomes a punished target of this administration?

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