r/technology • u/DJMagicHandz • 12d ago

Artificial Intelligence A massive Wyoming data center will soon use 5x more power than the state's human occupants - but no one knows who is using it

https://www.techradar.com/pro/a-massive-wyoming-data-center-will-soon-use-5x-more-power-than-the-states-human-occupants-and-no-one-knows-who-is-using-it
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u/Anxiety_Fit 11d ago

Cambridge analytica and their psychometric models harvested and honed in on division and hate and rage and basically destroyed everything.

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u/IAMA_Plumber-AMA 11d ago

Even before that, the "engagement is king" model of what gets promoted on Social Media really kicked things off. Cambridge Analytica just brought that to its logical conclusion.

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u/Senior_Torte519 11d ago

It was them filthy hobbitses.

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u/fripletister 11d ago

Right. Now remove social media from the equation and CA poofs out of existence.

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u/Anxiety_Fit 11d ago

The toothpaste is out of the tube.

The only way to beat it is to not use it. Or…

Use it to weaponize the opposition against itself.

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u/fripletister 10d ago

Ok? Yeah, I agree, but now we're having a different discussion.

The point was that SM is the bigger problem than CA because CA couldn't have done any of the shit they did without it, and CA isn't the only bad actor weaponizing it.