An AI CEO is calling out the people who bash AI but can't stop using it
Verb CEO Cyrus Beschloss argues that critics of AI and data centers are hypocritical because they continue to use AI tools like ChatGPT. He suggests that society faces a difficult crossroads when weighing the environmental impact of data centers against the utility of AI.
Why it matters
It highlights the tension between public opposition to AI infrastructure and the widespread consumer reliance on AI-driven services.
Verb CEO Cyrus Beschloss says AI's critics are having a hard time not using it. Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images Verb CEO Cyrus Beschloss says AI's critics are still using the technology. He said they will have a hard time deciding between data centers and ChatGPT. Most Americans don't want large data centers in their communities, even if they use AI. Verb CEO Cyrus Beschloss is calling AI non-believers' bluff. Beschloss said critics of AI and the data centers that power it aren't above using the technology. "All the people that are saying they're anti-data center, that they're anti-AI in general, they're using it," Beschloss said on Wednesday during CNBC's Trading the Midterms event. He said that when people have to choose between shutting down data centers or shutting down ChatGPT, it won't be an easy decision. "There's going to be a heck of a crossroads," Beschloss said.
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