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[–] Semi_Hemi_Demigod@lemmy.world 46 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago) (6 children)

“Saudi Arabia has big _____ ambitions. They could come at the cost of human rights.”

Fill in the blank with whatever you want: Oil, skyscrapers, a big fuck off line city in the desert, AI, a space program

[–] kami@lemmy.dbzer0.com 27 points 6 days ago

“Saudi Arabia has big _____ ambitions. They ~~could~~ come at the cost of human rights.”

[–] Venus_Ziegenfalle@feddit.org 10 points 6 days ago (1 children)
[–] beejboytyson@lemmy.world 3 points 6 days ago

I hope Meg fox gets aladeen on her face...

[–] Wizard_Pope@lemmy.world 7 points 6 days ago (1 children)
[–] sunzu2@thebrainbin.org 4 points 6 days ago (1 children)

Wizard_Pope had big Big tiddy goth gf ambitions. They came at the cost of human rights.

Narrator:

But humans suffered but gf never materialized.

[–] Wizard_Pope@lemmy.world 1 points 6 days ago

She did. Just not big tiddy nor goth

[–] Ledericas@lemm.ee 2 points 6 days ago

thier sole industry, oil is pretty much going to dry up, thats why they are buying up as many thing as possible to stave off the inevetible.

[–] chaosCruiser 1 points 6 days ago

This is KSA we’re talking about here. Human rights violations are always part of the deal. You could say it’s the currency they trade in.

[–] deathbird@mander.xyz 9 points 6 days ago (1 children)

Saudi Arabia trying to diversify away from oil, but is also evil. News at 11:00.

[–] Ledericas@lemm.ee 2 points 6 days ago

Oil is thier sole economy, them buying up properties, farms and sports team wont save them in the end.

I think it's pretty safe to say that when your country is run by a murderous tyrant who has his own mother arrested on [presumably] fabricated corruption charges, human rights are of little concern.

[–] Pirata@lemm.ee 10 points 6 days ago

What human rights? 😅

[–] Sanctus@lemmy.world 11 points 6 days ago (1 children)

AI always comes at the cost of human rights with how we are handling it. Maybe it could have been a niche useful thing, or a helpful tool. But no, the chatbots are become unemployment, destroyer of jobs.

[–] kibiz0r@midwest.social 4 points 6 days ago

Also the people who do the tagging and feedback for training tend to be underpaid third-world workers.

hopefully when the ai bubble breaks it takes saudi arabia with them

[–] EndlessNightmare@reddthat.com 6 points 6 days ago

"Could" is doing a lot of heavy lifting here

[–] ExtantHuman@lemm.ee 8 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago) (1 children)

One of the biggest issues running AI is keeping those huge data centers cool.

So let's build one in a desert

[–] vane@lemmy.world 5 points 6 days ago

It's not a bad idea if you think about it. During the day you have lots of light and it's cold there at night.

[–] flandish@lemmy.world 8 points 6 days ago

could? saudia arabia? any organization hoping to make a buck in this system, at a large enough scale, WILL cost human rights. this is how the system is designed.

[–] CosmoNova@lemmy.world 3 points 6 days ago

Saudi Arabia is humanities dumbest prank.

[–] LodeMike@lemmy.today 1 points 6 days ago
[–] Kazumara@discuss.tchncs.de 1 points 6 days ago

Ah but then they can't buy them, since they already spent their human rights on lavish royal lifestyles.

[–] phoenixz@lemmy.ca 1 points 6 days ago

they ~~could~~ will come at the cost of human rights

FTFY

The problem when you have money pouring out of your orifices is you don't really care all that much about costs.

[–] SplashJackson@lemmy.ca -3 points 6 days ago

Didn't Bin Laden come from the Saudi royal family?