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18. Tech Bros are poisoning AI and Data Science

Reply to hatrack (Original post)

Mon Feb 9, 2026, 04:28 PM

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AI in itself is not the problem. It's an incredibly interesting development with great potential for good. Same goes for Data Science in general. But Tech Bros have already shown they are most interested in using it to hype up their stock portfolios, at any cost to the environment and against all climate constraints. These people are the problem.

The Helion plan in particular should receive great scrutiny. If there is a change at some point, to use a different source of energy (e.g. fission reactor) with investors locked in, then we would know it was just a bait-and-switch scheme (scam).

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