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Re:America on Data Centers: listen to 10,000+ city council c... by lnkdinsuxs on Sunday November 01, 2026 @08:49PM (#50332106)
Is there any information or evidence that the opposition and the people at these meetings clearly understood how they would stand to benefit?
Re:America on Data Centers: listen to 10,000+ city council c... by bluefirebrand on Sunday November 01, 2026 @09:07PM (#50332232)
How would the average person benefit exactly?

How does an AI data center make my life or my family's lives better?

I feel quite strongly that AI is making my life worse right now, so I'm interested to hear how you would convince me that a data center near me would be good for me even as I'm unemployed due to AI.

Re:America on Data Centers: listen to 10,000+ city council c... by lnkdinsuxs on Sunday November 01, 2026 @09:41PM (#50332498)
> even as I'm unemployed due to AI.

I can't convince you that AI is good for you just like I can't convince a recently divorced person that love exists or marriage is good or their spouse can be a fantastic person for someone else even if they were a horrible fit for them.

I am really sorry you're unemployed due to AI and the only thing I can really do for you is pray you find a good, stable source of income soon.

Re:America on Data Centers: listen to 10,000+ city council c... by bluefirebrand on Sunday November 01, 2026 @10:05PM (#50332669)
What you are saying is that your best arguments will fall flat compared to the pain it is causing, which kind of suggests to me that it is in fact causing more pain than good.
Re:America on Data Centers: listen to 10,000+ city council c... by lnkdinsuxs on Sunday November 01, 2026 @10:13PM (#50332734)
Here are 6 reasons off my head where "AI" helped me a lot and made my life better:

- File taxes and find issues that "accredited", "certified" entities missed. In one instance, my federal refund increased by nearly $5k. At $20/mo, just the refund is two decades worth of value.

- Appeal health, home and car insurance claims successfully

- Find out details of interesting plants without forking out tens of dollars for an app that claims to do the same but fails to do so most of the time

- Summarize never ending email threads with 20 disinterested parties who would rather not be on the email but have to respond to show they are "engaged"

- Write a convincing email to my mother in law why I cannot meet her this weekend and hold her hand through the tough times she's having with her ethnic neighbor who annoys her with their "ethnic" music and "smell of fish" BBQ

- Locate the user manual for my microwave and what that rapid 3 beeps every 1s for 2 minutes that starts at 10AM since the last 2 days mean

You might very well find these useless, trivial or even make your blood boil but my everyday life is vastly better due to "AI"

Re:America on Data Centers: listen to 10,000+ city council c... by bluefirebrand on Sunday November 01, 2026 @11:32PM (#50333145)
Sure

None of that is worth boiling the oceans to me.