The AI dooooooom thread

[The Minsky Moment]

The two possible states of AI:
1) AI is too stupid to be really useful (where we are now).
2) AI is clever enough to be useful but then humans are too stupid to safely control it (where we are going to)

Either way we are out a few trillion.

[crazy canuck]

There is a third option, AI tools produce work that is mediocre and humans put too much trust in it's capabilities and are not putting enough effort into verifying what the AI tools are doing.

Also ends in disaster

[Jacob]

Iranian strikes test the Gulf's trillion-dollar AI dream
The region sold itself as a safe harbor for the world's data. Amazon's burning data center in the UAE has upended that pitch.

For years, Gulf leaders made a simple promise to Silicon Valley: Bring your data, your models, and your chips, and we will give you stability.

On Sunday, that promise ended in flames, after Iran's retaliatory strikes in response to U.S.-Israeli assault set an Amazon data center in the United Arab Emirates on fire.

In a statement released following the incident, Amazon said "objects" struck the building, creating sparks and flames, declining to link the incident to Iran's missile and drone attacks. Fire crews cut power to the entire site, and more than 24 hours later the facility remains offline, with the disruption spreading to other parts of Amazon's UAE operation.

Full article here: https://restofworld.org/2026/amazon-uae-data-center-fire-iran-strike/

Crossposted to the Iran War thread

[Sheilbh]

The two possible states of AI:
1) AI is too stupid to be really useful (where we are now).
2) AI is clever enough to be useful but then humans are too stupid to safely control it (where we are going to)

Either way we are out a few trillion.

I think it is one of those things where the future is here, it's just not evenly distributed.

[HVC]

Microsoft banned the use of the word Microslop on its AI discord channel . Which brings up the question of why Microsoft has a discord channel.

[Valmy]

Iranian strikes test the Gulf's trillion-dollar AI dream
The region sold itself as a safe harbor for the world's data. Amazon's burning data center in the UAE has upended that pitch.

For years, Gulf leaders made a simple promise to Silicon Valley: Bring your data, your models, and your chips, and we will give you stability.

On Sunday, that promise ended in flames, after Iran's retaliatory strikes in response to U.S.-Israeli assault set an Amazon data center in the United Arab Emirates on fire.

In a statement released following the incident, Amazon said "objects" struck the building, creating sparks and flames, declining to link the incident to Iran's missile and drone attacks. Fire crews cut power to the entire site, and more than 24 hours later the facility remains offline, with the disruption spreading to other parts of Amazon's UAE operation.

Full article here: https://restofworld.org/2026/amazon-uae-data-center-fire-iran-strike/

Crossposted to the Iran War thread

Gosh Jeff, maybe you should have let the Washington Post endorse Kamala.

I hope his fucking trash data center burns to the ground.

[The Minsky Moment]

Amazon said "objects" struck the building, creating sparks and flames, declining to link the incident to Iran's missile and drone attacks.

Is Kristi Noem Gaslight Syndrome contagious?