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Re:The real engine behind "AI" is the bad tech economy by lalaithion on Monday October 16, 2023 @12:59PM (#37902782)
The US has half the homelessness rate of the UK or France. Childbirth is due to lack of universal health care and gun violence is due to the massive number of guns – not the tech economy.
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Re:The real engine behind "AI" is the bad tech economy by kaashif on Monday October 16, 2023 @01:05PM (#37902886)
That might be right, but bear in mind the UK counts temporarily housed people (e.g. people couch surfing) as homeless, not just people literally on the streets. These stats may not be directly comparable.
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Re:The real engine behind "AI" is the bad tech economy by dboreham on Monday October 16, 2023 @01:35PM (#37903331)
As someone who wanders around the US and UK a bit, they're definitely not comparable.
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