I hope you don't misunderstand me by my saying "something" to imply it's anything substantial, significant, or even good. I'm very anti-AI in all aspects of our lives, just so you know where I'm coming from.

Yes, the theft of intellectual property and art to train AI models is in keeping with their laziness, and yes, the models don't improve our lives in any way. But they can't exactly steal the electricity needed to power data centers, nor can they steal the silicon required to manufacture all the CPU's, GPU's, SSD's, and RAM they require. All those things are enormous capex and opex, and that's what I mean by "something."

That's a lot of work they're doing to push AI, and the only plan I can think of to recoup those costs is to expect taxpayers to foot the bill: they want municipalities to pay for the increase in electricity costs, cover the pollution and devastation their DC's generate, all without creating jobs and opportunities in the region (because why would they pay labor a fair share, yuck). And the finale, when all those investments fail to generate any profit they want a government bailout to keep from going belly up.

I just don't think any of that is worth the effort you know what I mean?