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Christ. Imagine if it melts down. Would it be the first AI-powered nuclear meltdown of all time?

 

Don't worry if you're afraid people are being too sensible in that thread, the prominent members are on it:

While it is better than using something like coal or gas, the fact that Microsoft's AI requires a fucking nuclear reactor to run should make a reasonable world say "maybe this is really stupid."

But we don't live in a reasonable world. We live in world where people simply want "AI go brrrrrrr"

Point is: we definitely do not need to hand to to Microsoft because they seem to be using clean energy here. Because they are at the same time increasing use of unclean energy at the same time.

Here's an option that would be preferable: every energy increases is clean, and if they're not, you don't get to use more energy. Here's another thing: maybe if a technology requires ginormous increase in energy use, maybe it should not be allowed.

This isn't eliminating dirty energy, it's just being added to the overall energy needs to make the almighty line go up. People being complacent with "at least it's not a coal plant" are frogs continuing to boil and being glad that hot coals aren't being added to the pot. The pot is still burning and emissions aren't going down.

Jevons paradox continues.

Here's a centuries old adage: "no point crying over spilt milk"

AI is here to stay. It'll eventually be a massive part of our everyday lives, going forward.

Yeah by force not by utility

Well i for one hope for a better future that's not designed by capitalist hubris.

I lived 10 miles away from that plant and my family evacuated when that shit went down. Firing it up again to power AI slop sure sounds like a great idea

I'm sure the multi billion dollar corporation will use it wisely and not for any evil purposes that will end up hurting regular people in the long run.

This should be common sense, but our society has normalized bringing about the apocalypse for the almighty dollar.

Millions will die in the future so we can have shit like plagiarism machines right now, and questioning this reality gets one labeled a luddite.

It isn't going to bust. It is going to grow and infect every aspect of humanity, just as the internet has over the last 20 years.

Then human life will get significantly worse for no reason but the profits of companies like Microsoft.

And then eventually things will come topping down as the effects of climate change become insurmountable.

And this amazing stupidity:

I'd go a step further and require data centers to use low carbon sources in order to get permission to be built. Last thing we need is huge new energy drains while the grid is still dirty

You skipped this one

Serious Bond villain energy right here.