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minus-square0x0linkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9arrow-down2·7 hours agoNo mention of a few corpos going for nuclear as a power source for said datacenters?
minus-squareFaceDeer@fedia.iolinkfedilinkarrow-up7arrow-down5·6 hours agoOf course not. People want to be angry at AI, nuance would interfere with the dopamine hit.
minus-squarePasserby6497@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·3 hours agoOr maybe a few of them doing the right thing doesn’t outweigh the harm that the rest are doing. It doesn’t matter how much work I’m doing to patch up holes in a sinking boat if 12 other people are actively drilling holes in the boat.
No mention of a few corpos going for nuclear as a power source for said datacenters?
Of course not. People want to be angry at AI, nuance would interfere with the dopamine hit.
Or maybe a few of them doing the right thing doesn’t outweigh the harm that the rest are doing.
It doesn’t matter how much work I’m doing to patch up holes in a sinking boat if 12 other people are actively drilling holes in the boat.