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RoeVWade

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21. Ai is more reason why we have to keep our democracy.

Reply to sakabatou (Reply #19)

Sat Feb 7, 2026, 08:46 AM

20 hrs ago

One person, one vote, regardless of the often frustration, is the only way against oligarchy, autocracy and so forth, so we don't become minions of Ai controllers, or anything else.

AI isn't going away. Other countries will have it, even if we didn't.

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This answer from AI scared the crap out of me [View all] uponit7771 Friday OP

AI edhopper Friday #1

Right?! Seems worse, there still a need for housing ... after 10 minutes this thing tells people there's no real need uponit7771 Yesterday #12

I use it daily for work Bristlecone Friday #2

I was tryna use it for embedded ... there are few data models that are trained for it thoroughly uponit7771 Yesterday #13

I have used once or twice by accident ( I had inadvertently mwmisses4289 Friday #3

The three times I have used Chat GPT, it gave Scrivener7 Friday #4

Ai should be illegal imo SheltieLover Friday #5

Ask the question "What are all the applications for AI?" Frasier Balzov Friday #6

Nearly 80% of "apps" are the it works on my machine type that a small and harder for AI to mess up. uponit7771 Yesterday #14

I used it one time at work during a Luciferous Friday #7

It comes up when I do internet searches . . . Journeyman Friday #8

Someone on DU posted this tip. mwmisses4289 21 hrs ago #17

Thank you very much for the tip . . . Journeyman 21 hrs ago #18

AI will not be the primary purpose for these data centers. hunter Yesterday #9

Can't help but think this too, or the MAG7 CEOs are **REALLY** not that smart and betting on one person demand uponit7771 Yesterday #15

The AI people might not be that smart... hunter 18 hrs ago #22

I probably use it 2-5x/wk on average. Maru Kitteh Yesterday #10

I mostly use it to try to understand physics and biology. scipan Yesterday #11

Would you pay monthly for it? if so how much? thx in advance uponit7771 22 hrs ago #16

No. I would draw the line there for ethical reasons. Nt scipan 13 hrs ago #23

I don't use it, but I do watch it, thanks to a certain turtle sakabatou 21 hrs ago #19

Ai is more reason why we have to keep our democracy. RoeVWade 20 hrs ago #21

If you build it they will come.... KentuckyWoman 20 hrs ago #20