

The public should not have to foot the bill for any of this.
Just let China have this “race”. I’m not afraid of being 2nd place. Who really cares about AI when it’s effect on the concrete world is so minimal and non-deterministic?
Wake me up when we can actually count on a robot making a delivery or stopping a criminal. Generating tokens isn’t doing shit in the real world.
When that is regularly happening without failure, we can just regulate the robots themselves.
The invisible particles that spread by air are not generally able to transmit disease because of their size, low concentration, and the short lifespan of pathogens surviving the airborne journey.
However, when you flush under a closed lid a MUCH higher concentration and long-lived pathogenic layer is deposited on the underside of the lid.
When you then sit down to shit, your shirt brushes against that moist underside of the lib behind you and THAT is much more dangerous as it moistens your garments and follows you back to your couch or bed.