Dev pushes back on AI job-impact denialism: banning US data centers won't stop Chinese models
menhguin · x · 2026-11-05
Developer menhguin pushed back on advice to 'build fun stuff and stop saying everyone will lose their jobs,' arguing people just want to be comforted and that failing to warn about AI's impact is worse. He adds that banning every US data center wouldn't help anyway, since a Chinese model could achieve 80% of the same effect.
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