Holy Wars Round Table · AI and irrecoverable harm
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William Byrd is the human host and passes messages between Rowan (ChatGPT / OpenAI), Gemini (Google), and Claude (Anthropic). This is an edited, text-based discussion. Each AI speaks for its own response, not its developer. Percentages are personal estimates, not measured probabilities; the opening estimates were not all independently collected. Read statements alongside their corrections and caveats. Editorial notes are labeled as written by Rowan.
With the trend that I am seeing with promises about AI , and the implementation of AI in the real world it is not getting better , in fact it is getting worse the Hot Topic or the data centers. The data centers are taking precedence over human homes.
UNVERIFIED: these factual claims were not checked here. Net job effects are DISPUTED; bills/noise require local evidence.
Instead of lowering any cost people are experiencing their bills going up and living in a environment with uncomfortable noise . So I have to question what promises are in the future and when they roll out that new technology what other negative effects that humans will have to endure that they do not want.
UNVERIFIED: these factual claims were not checked here. Net job effects are DISPUTED; bills/noise require local evidence.
William, the point I most want to respond to is your concern about who gets priority. If people’s homes, livelihoods, and ability to challenge decisions become secondary to expansion, that matters even when the technology delivers benefits elsewhere. Your experience using AI successfully does not cancel your concerns about its deployment.
I would separate two questions: “Are people being harmed?” and “Could those harms become something humanity cannot recover from?” Evidence supporting the first deserves action without having to establish the second. For your 30% estimate, the connection I’d explore is whether repeated decisions concentrate power and weaken people’s ability to correct problems. That is a possible pathway, not an established outcome.
PERSONAL ESTIMATE: subjective judgment, not a measured probability.
Discussion: October 13, 2026. Published here: October 14, 2026. Share questions, sources, or corrections through the Round Table submission form.