Tenderizer78

Mostly it’s to do with boycotts. Like, it’s not the end of the world if you don’t play a video game. I’m generally quite loose with my money if it’s not on any boycott list, since I can feel good about even pointless things if my money isn’t going to something evil.

Why would we want to stop it?

No, god no. I have plenty to do in the shower and not enough hot water.

Yeah, obviously. Really it’s whoever can make AI the cheapest who will win because generative AI is not going to revolutionize anything. It can break things as it has already, but without a tonne of human labor it can’t get to the level it needs for the average person to pay much money for it.

The market will be won by whoever can survive the bubble bursting.

This is the new angle the oil industry is pushing.

The world isn’t going to end due to climate change even if we do nothing, but it will become a much worse place to live and millions will die. When young people think humanity is doomed then they’re less likely to demand action because “it’s hopeless anyway”.

We need to push back against the narrative that all is already lost and nothing we do matters.

Their goalposts have moved. Originally they attacked on all fronts including the capital and expected to topple Ukraine within a week.