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jonas21 ◴[18 Jul 25 21:09 UTC] No.44609857[source]▶

I don't know... 1.2% of GDP just doesn't seem that extreme to me. Certainly nowhere near "eating the economy" level compared to other transformative technologies or programs like:

- Apollo program: 4%

- Railroads: 6% (mentioned by the author)

- Covid stimulus: 27%

- WW2 defense: 40%

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1. intended ◴[18 Jul 25 22:07 UTC] No.44610320[source]▶

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Absolutely. Add robotics over vocational training too. I guess religious donations could be rerouted to encoding human consciousness.

Wow, then the cheapest servers which run the poorest uploaded consciousnesses (correct plural ?), would also likely be the worst cooled.

Making it a cold day in hell if the incentives of humanity ever change.

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AI capex is so big that it's affecting economic statistics