Re:The American Rebellion Against AI Is Gaining Steam
by wvenable on Monday May 18, 2026 @11:29PM
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What does #1 actually mean in practical terms? Collective ownership of a giant data center and all the CPUs, GPUs, and DRAM needed to do AI?
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Re:The American Rebellion Against AI Is Gaining Steam
by euroderf on Tuesday May 19, 2026 @02:10AM
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This is where the researchers and the essayists should be working. What does it look like when there's a significant tax at every value-add (hey let's call it a value-added tax!) that goes into a big beautiful kitty that funds UBI and general nutrition & housing ?
Re:The American Rebellion Against AI Is Gaining Steam
by wvenable on Tuesday May 19, 2026 @11:44AM
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What?
Re:The American Rebellion Against AI Is Gaining Steam
by Octoth0rpe on Tuesday May 19, 2026 @07:11PM
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The opposite I'd say, completely open models/weights with some level of government/civil support for ongoing training (through universities? government labs?), but the infrastructure to run models is private and entirely commoditized/interchangeable with highly competitive pricing from multiple private providers.