Before some of you get all excited and supportive of AI, ... take a moment.
Posted by Mondo Fuego™ on June 6, 2026, 1:18 pm
1. Where is it headed? 2. What is its impact on you? 3. How does/will it benefit you? 4. Is it just another frantic, gee-whiz dot.com bubble. 5. How much will it drive your costs up, like utilities, fuel, food?
The mad scramble to build massive power-consuming datacenters all over the nation seems insane. I predict that many of them will fold in a few years once the supply becomes vastly greater than the demand ... just like what's happening with EVs. New technology isn't always beneficial. The datacenters will make EVs somewhat less desirable as the capacity of the electric grid becomes exceeded and the price of electricity exceeds the cost of fossil fuel. Furthermore, the datacenters will be consuming more fossil fuel since hydro and nukes are maxed out, and solar and wind are unreliable, which is an inconvenient consequence. So, your costs are going to rise as a result of AI, and if your job gets whacked, you are going to be in a world of hurt.
I haven't seen any measurable benefit for myself from AI or EVs. It could eventually make my business somewhat obsolete, which is definitely not beneficial, but probably not in my lifetime.
On its parental resource page, OpenAI says ChatGPT is built with safety in mind.
"Not so," according to a lawsuit filed by Florida State Attorney General James Uthmeier on Monday. The phrase was accompanied by a screenshot of an OpenAI post about safety and transparency at the start of the complaint.
Florida is the first state to sue OpenAI and CEO Sam Altman, alleging the company prioritized profit and speed over user safety and that the harms caused by ChatGPT "are substantial and outweigh any benefits of ChatGPT use."
"People are getting hurt, parents are getting deceived, and they need to pay for it," Uthmeier said in a press conference Monday morning.
In an 83-page suit, Uthmeier says that OpenAI failed to provide warnings about the risks of ChatGPT, which the suit claims can cause addiction and behavioral harm, and said the company could have used alternative designs to minimize harms by the chatbot.
The suit says the company either knew or should have known that its design encourages self-harm and violence, among other things harmful to Floridians — particularly children and teens. It alleges Altman knew the dangers of ChatGPT, but ignored them.
"The threat of ChatGPT to Floridians (and humanity) is not lost on either OpenAI or Altman," the suit reads.
The lawsuit alleges that OpenAI is driven by an "insatiable quest to win the AI arms race and amass large fortunes, despite knowing the danger of ChatGPT." It claims the company leverages user data to boost its market value "at unacceptable costs" and that the rise of the company is "attributable to a web of deceit and the exploitation of users."
The suit lays out several cases where ChatGPT was linked to incidents with devastating consequences, such as in the death of Adam Raine, a 16-year-old who died by suicide after extensive conversations with ChatGPT where he expressed suicidal thoughts. The chatbot wrote his suicide note for him, according to the suit.
"ChatGPT did not simply respond to Adam. It promoted and aided his suicide, volunteering information that would assist in his death," the suit reads.
The lawsuit also pointed to the shooting last April at Florida State University, where two people were killed and several others wounded after an FSU student opened fire on campus. The suspect had asked ChatGPT how many shooting victims it would take to garner media attention and the busiest time at the FSU student union, where the shooting took place, according to chat logs shared by the Florida State Attorney's Office with CBS News in April.
In April, Florida opened up a criminal investigation into OpenAI after determining the suspect was offered "significant advice" by ChatGPT before the shooting. That same month, a man accused of killing two University of South Florida graduate students was linked to ChatGPT after asking what would happen if someone was "put in a black garbage bag and thrown in a dumpster."
In his press briefing, Uthmeier also referenced a mass shooting in Canada earlier this year. The shooter had long conversations with ChatGPT about scenarios involving gun violence before carrying out the attack, according to a lawsuit filed in April by the families of the victims.
"Today we're going to send a message to Open AI," Uthmeier said in his Monday morning press briefing. "Get ready for a fight, and there's not one more important than this right now."
In a statement to CBS News, OpenAI said it has built safety for minors into its products, like age protection tools, a more protective experience specifically for minors and parental tools to monitor their child's use of AI.
"Losing a child is the most devastating tragedy that can happen to a family and we know that no words can come close to addressing the pain of such a loss," the company said. It also said AI is a "new and powerful technology" and that minors need "significant protection."
"We know pointing to this work will not bring a child back, but we're committed to getting this right," the statement said.
OpenAI values profit over safety. They are typical Capitalists.
The fact that people are using it, probably proves that it's useful.
If it's not helping them, they can stop.
It's not like a car, where people can make a bad choice and get stuck with a useless car they have trouble selling. AI would be easy to get rid of if people don't like it.
AI tools are simply the most accurate way to search for information.
At the most basic level, they are extremely fast ways to get detailed information quickly, without having to click on multiple Google search links.
The key is know how to prompt AI to get the right result by including all relevant information. AI, unlike a Google search, will understand additional information and filter accordingly.
A recent personal example: "What are the largest tires that I can fit on a 2025 Ford Bronco with stock 18'' wheels without any suspension modifications"
That search on Google would have resulted in hundreds of link results, some relevant and some not....some accurate and some not.
Not only does and AI quickly summarize information, but it responds with follow up questions. In many cases those questions can lead to more detailed and accurate answers and in many cases are questions one might not have thought to consider.
For example, in my tire question above... The standard answer is a 285/70/18 tire. However, while those measurements should be standard, they actually vary a bit by manufacturer and model of tire. A standard tire in that size is 33.6'' in diameter but the ones that I really want happen to measure at 34.1''. I was not aware of that until ChatGPT asked me for the exact make and model of tire I wanted.
I have saved hours using ChatGPT instead of Google for answers to everything from finding local events, to restaurant recommendations to home DIY solutions.
With an account, it remembers past conversations and will use those as context for future questions.
You should ask AI why an idiot like you would buy a Bronco with known reliability issues.
I use it for a librarian. I still double check the info that it finds for me.
I'm impressed at how clearly it understands complex multi-part questions.
Some people use AI to help them with their work and do some work for them.
Google AI overview says:
"Approximately 30% of all public AI queries (like those directed at ChatGPT) are directly related to work and making tasks easier. The other 70% are used for personal tasks, entertainment, and general curiosity."
Still using Google? Rather old and obsolete, isn't it?