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Saudi Arabia has big AI ambitions. They could come at the cost of human rights
(theconversation.com)
they ~~could~~ will come at the cost of human rights
FTFY
this post was submitted on 16 May 2025
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What human rights? π
The problem when you have money pouring out of your orifices is you don't really care all that much about costs.
Saudi Arabia is humanities dumbest prank.
βSaudi Arabia has big _____ ambitions. They could come at the cost of human rights.β
Fill in the blank with whatever you want: Oil, skyscrapers, a big fuck off line city in the desert, AI, a space program
βSaudi Arabia has big _____ ambitions. They ~~could~~ come at the cost of human rights.β
Big tiddy goth gf?
Wizard_Pope had big Big tiddy goth gf ambitions. They came at the cost of human rights.
Narrator:
But humans suffered but gf never materialized.
She did. Just not big tiddy nor goth
This is KSA weβre talking about here. Human rights violations are always part of the deal. You could say itβs the currency they trade in.
One of the biggest issues running AI is keeping those huge data centers cool.
So let's build one in a desert
It's not a bad idea if you think about it. During the day you have lots of light and it's cold there at night.
could? saudia arabia? any organization hoping to make a buck in this system, at a large enough scale, WILL cost human rights. this is how the system is designed.
AI always comes at the cost of human rights with how we are handling it. Maybe it could have been a niche useful thing, or a helpful tool. But no, the chatbots are become unemployment, destroyer of jobs.
Didn't Bin Laden come from the Saudi royal family?