Fears over AI job losses abound. New data tells a different story.

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1. Then what are all these data centers for?

Answering my own question, most of it likely flows from THE SURVELiLLANCE STATE. This used to be thought of as abusive practices by for-profit corporations, aka "Big Data" But increasingly, the private "Big Data" is commingled with authoritarian government initiatives, which is essentially the definition of fascism.

We can look at Flock as one example of this, a private company that has become embedded with thousands of police agencies around the country.

Much of the "gee whiz" generative AI doesn't require a data center at all. Just today, I am upgrading a music production tool that has major AI content, and it doesn't require online access at all. Many companies (like Canva e.g.) will try to hook customers into AI cloud features in order to lock in a monthly subscription model. But most of that won't require huge amounts of processing power.

The AI apps that require the power are the ones that seek to track us and monitor our every move. And this really has little connection to staffing levels.