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A Boring Dystopia

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[–] jpreston2005@lemmy.world 12 points 1 hour ago* (last edited 1 hour ago) (1 children)

“Grok’s continued operation and availability is a matter of paramount national security,” the filing said, especially “in the event of armed conflict”—adding that the Department of War used Grok to “deploy over 2,000 munitions to 2,000 distinct targets within 96 hours during Operation Epic Fury.”

"Listen, the War-Crime-O-Matic is absolutely NECESSARY to national security, damnit! Who cares if they're checks notes destroying the environment on a local and global scale with unpermitted gas turbines in clear violation of the Clean Air Act?? It's not as if people need air like we NEED the baby-killing-o-tron-3000!"

The Pentagon has paid Musk’s company at least $200 million for use of the chatbot.

In for a penny, in for a Pound of Flesh!

[–] obvs@lemmy.world 1 points 21 minutes ago

adding that the Department of War used Grok to “deploy over 2,000 munitions to 2,000 distinct targets within 96 hours during Operation Epic Fury.”

And THANK GOD that it was.

Can you imagine what would have happened if it hadn't been?

The United States might have lost in Iran...

[–] SeeMarkFly@lemmy.ml 2 points 55 minutes ago (1 children)

People that can afford to have their air cleaned for them have always thought this way.

[–] Korhaka@sopuli.xyz 2 points 48 minutes ago

Air purifiers are pretty cheap to make, but you shouldn't fucking need to build one!

[–] Vince@lemmy.world 3 points 1 hour ago (1 children)

I know we're probably years/decades/centuries away from actual artificial intelligence, but this just made me think, would computers and servers actually want clean air?

Probably better for cooling right? Or if they switch to fully solar it's probably better to have clear skies?

[–] Deme@sopuli.xyz 2 points 34 minutes ago

A cooler climate is beneficial for cooling