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Doodley

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6. I understand what you are saying, but the genie is already out of the bottle. This is where we are, and

Reply to highplainsdem (Reply #4)

Mon Jun 1, 2026, 11:07 AM

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a functioning democracy should ask, how we as a society are going to deal with that moving forward. As you say, it is built on theft. That theft is a preview of the lack of regard for human rights by these corporations will have and the damage to society and the environment. But AI also gives an opportunity for all of us to work fewer hours and have more leisure time, and still achieve the same standard of living or better, only if the political system embraces it for the many and not the few.

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Bernie Sanders: The Public Should Own Half of the Big A.I. Companies (NYT, 6/1/2026) [View all] highplainsdem Monday OP

No. QueerDuck Monday #1

Why not? highplainsdem Monday #3

A 50% STATE TAKEOVER of private companies is not the answer... it's overreach. QueerDuck Monday #24

Ownership of an AI built on public data is just. It gives the public class action standing in federal court. ancianita Monday #28

How does that help pay for the food, health, and shelter of the tens of millions of people who will lose their jobs Doodley Monday #2

It isn't enough. Ideally, generative AI models trained illegally should be destroyed, with new legal AI models highplainsdem Monday #4

I understand what you are saying, but the genie is already out of the bottle. This is where we are, and Doodley Monday #6

Just using AI dumbs users down and makes them dependent on AI. There are few if any good uses highplainsdem Monday #9

With all due respect, have you used it much? Doodley Monday #14

I've used it enough to know how it works and how tempting it can seem. And I've read thousands of highplainsdem Monday #19

With all due respect, I don't think you understand how incredibly useful AI is. Doodley Monday #21

With all due respect, you asked AI to give you ideas and tell you where to shop. IMO that's an example highplainsdem Monday #22

With all due respect, you are making a lot of assumptions. Doodley Monday #23

My "assumptions" were based on what you'd told me. highplainsdem Monday #29

Try all it's tech we paid for. In-Q-Tel funds or should I just say CIA. Blue Full Moon Monday #5

I don't want to own it. I want it to not exist. WhiskeyGrinder Monday #7

Agreed. MineralMan Monday #8

Same here. But as I said above, in the meantime I like seeing regulations and penalties on AI suggested highplainsdem Monday #11

YES! Emile Monday #10

sigh... WarGamer Monday #12

It isn't true that "Training is Learning, Not Storing" - that's AI company propaganda to try to defend highplainsdem Monday #15

Thanks for the information. There is also a lot of people who have formed an opinion about AI Doodley Monday #16

See reply 15. highplainsdem Monday #20

Well, he's halfway there. BlueTsunami2018 Monday #13

Bingo!!! Doodley Monday #17

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