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Penny I am mot an atheist, but it seems that the loudest voice of reason on this issue is from the Pope:
https://www.vaticannews.va/en/pope/news/2026-05/pope-leo-xiv-encyclical-magnifica-humanitas-ai.html
I should also note that the co-founder of Anthropic was in attendance when the Pope deliver his encyclical.
Disclaimer: I am in this particular field, and I know we don't need the massive data centers to accomplish what I'm looking for, but we DO need them for military and surveillance applications.