There would need to be sufficient market depth to pay someone to act.
If such a platform existed so many people would bet for “fire” that there wouldn’t be depth, but if you take a look around lemmy you can see some people hate AI so much they would do it anyways.
If there’s so little depth that they’re not getting a significant reward, then that’s where we are right now. Looking around you and I see the same thing - a bunch of Lemmings with big words and no action. We have no mechanism of coordination because centralized organizations get censored, like with the Taft-Hartley Act or the CIA abroad.
Unfortunately I don’t think they’re coming to save us.
Edit: actually it looks like you might be suggesting something else. Just so I don’t accidentally make a strawman, could you elaborate on what you expect individuals in oppressive countries to do?
I assume you’re talking about Lemmings betting against fire because they want data centers to burn.
If there’s a lot of people betting, then why wouldn’t there be depth?
If the data center is causing measurable harm, then a victim losing the bet against fire is still a net gain. If you’re acting rationally, then you can afford to do it repeatedly — like insurance. But if people are just flushing their money down the toilet because they hate something and gain nothing from its loss, then they’ll go broke.
If such a platform existed so many people would bet for “fire” that there wouldn’t be depth, but if you take a look around lemmy you can see some people hate AI so much they would do it anyways.
If there’s so little depth that they’re not getting a significant reward, then that’s where we are right now. Looking around you and I see the same thing - a bunch of Lemmings with big words and no action. We have no mechanism of coordination because centralized organizations get censored, like with the Taft-Hartley Act or the CIA abroad.
Yeah, French people, Hungarians, poles, Czechs, east Germans… didn’t need fancy machanisms of coordination to take action
Unfortunately I don’t think they’re coming to save us.
Edit: actually it looks like you might be suggesting something else. Just so I don’t accidentally make a strawman, could you elaborate on what you expect individuals in oppressive countries to do?
I assume you’re talking about Lemmings betting against fire because they want data centers to burn.
If there’s a lot of people betting, then why wouldn’t there be depth?
If the data center is causing measurable harm, then a victim losing the bet against fire is still a net gain. If you’re acting rationally, then you can afford to do it repeatedly — like insurance. But if people are just flushing their money down the toilet because they hate something and gain nothing from its loss, then they’ll go broke.
No, betting for the fire and causing it themselves.