Should AI generated posts be banned or otherwise regulated?

Nothing is ever quite as it seems. 

Instead of unpacking AI and what data may or may not be valid, why not consider the source of the AI promo itself? I for one, have been searching for reality on varying subjects since the Netscape days. So AI is far more accurate now, right? This thread proves that! We have come a long way in 31 years! Finally, the truth is uncovered..and free for everyone!

Wall Street gave us Enron, WorldCom, Arthur Anderson, Bernie Madoff, Galleon Group, Junk Bonds, SAC Capital, Tiger Funds, and a whole slew of other schemes and scams that go back some 25 years! From my vantage point, and AI's as well, Wall Street has been much busier with folklore in the past 30 years than the previous 100!

I think we can all agree that Wall Street works best (for them) with misinformation - and the tools to do so. Revolutionary! Where would Wall Street insiders be without us consumers who are confused about what they uncover in searches, or what companies are corrupt and flailing. They need stupid people to make the bad bets so smart people can clean up.

What could go wrong now that Wall Street is unfurling the most advanced tool (technically it's a bigger, more defined, database but with the same old search issues) known to man that is capable of amplifying bias, creating deep fakes, dispensing disinformation, and causing chaos? 

Per Mark Twain, it's easier to fool people than it is to convince them they have been fooled.

He said that because, "It suggests that once a person invests belief in a falsehood, they prefer to maintain that illusion to avoid embarrassment, pride damage, and the discomfort of changing their minds."

Now, how many here lost money in the 2000 or 2008 financial downturn? That's right! Nobody. I got out, just in time. Bet you did too!

Per Mark Twain, it's easier to fool people than it is to convince them they have been fooled.

He said that because, "It suggests that once a person invests belief in a falsehood, they prefer to maintain that illusion to avoid embarrassment, pride damage, and the discomfort of changing their minds."

Is that why some "audiophiles" clamor that CAT6 cables or network switches make a difference in sound quality?

Now, how many here lost money in the 2000 or 2008 financial downturn? That's right! Nobody. I got out, just in time. Bet you did too!

Yup! Although something tells me you were being sarcastic 🤣 

1. AI is here to stay and trying to stop it would be like standing in front of a moving train
2. This is just the start-up phase where folks are going to figure out how to use it, and then later using it will likely become ingrained in how we live
3. Data centers are a necessity and they will be constructed somewhere
4. Communities contemplating data centers can either:

• turtle-up and refuse to allow them,
• victimize themselves by agreeing to stupid terms because they desperately want the additional development, or
• adopt a proactive "resource-first" approach requiring the data center entity to partner with the community and protect their resources and economy through proactive special-use zoning, assertive governance on power, water, noise, and safety, encouraging a community benefit agreement, and requiring a decommissioning and reclamation bond so the community doesn’t get stuck with a mess.

Entities promoting and constructing data centers have money.  The value to them of spending a bit more for a partnership with the community is in the consistency, expediency, trust, and reduced risk resulting from a win-win relationship.  This stuff can get done the right way as others are showing. 

@goodlistening64 - Sure, there are a lot of schemes and ripoffs on Wall St exchanges, and there are also many thousands of companies that don't make big news that do business honestly. I held on to my investments during the 2008 recession and that was one of the best decisions I ever made, thanks for asking...