Back to episode — Episode 2979 Coffee With Scott Adams 10/5/25
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istening to one side of an argument for an extended period of time. Doesn't matter what the argument is. You will be convinced, or at least people will be more likely to be convinced if they listen to one side of an argument without hearing the other side. That's all it is. So it doesn't matter if it comes to you in a documentary or you only look at the stuff in a bubble on social media or you tal…
← Previous segment →wrong. And my skepticism goes like this. If it were possible that in one year we would see robots learning by watching somebody iron a shirt and then the robot can do it, you would already see that. If that were going to be on the open market in less than a year, you'd see the demonstrations today. But we don't. So I have to conclude that they don't know how to do that. Will they be able to do it in a year? I don't know. It feels like maybe not. Maybe not. We'll see.
Also in Futurism, a lot of people are discovering that their electric bills are going up, especially if they live near a data center. So if you live near a data center, you know that the data centers are pulling more electricity than ever for AI stuff. And that will make your supply and demand equation cost you more money. So apparently if you live anywhere near a data center, you're going to get reamed. Data centers are going to be really hit for electricity.
Now, here's my question. Doesn't that mean that you're subsidizing AI? It does, right? So if you live near a data center, then that data center becomes an AI-dri
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ving data center. Suddenly your electric bill goes up, I don't know, I'll pick a number, $400 per month. And what do you get out of it? Nothing. Nothing. You're still getting the same amount of electricity. It just costs you $400 a month more. So you tell me, why should I not get equity in the AI company? I should have equity because I'm literally directly investing in the AI, right? So I need som…
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