Report circulates on Hacker News and social platforms
1 Oct 31 1:34 PM · 7d ago · 3 posts · 4 comments · 3 sources · development 1 of 1
The gadgetreview summary of the Sierra Club findings was posted to Hacker News, Reddit and Mastodon within hours, drawing limited but spread discussion.
Sierra Club Environmental organizationBrendan Pierpont Director of electricity, Energy InnovationTech companies / data-center developers Builders of AI infrastructure
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If oil companies let green energy become mainstream sooner, these data centers could be running on green energy right now. But now maybe our only way to the other side is through the fog. The data centers might make things worse before ai can start making really big leaps in progress in every field on a massive scale and make things way better. We…
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Capitalism works fine when paired with robust social services and proper regulations. This is like saying stage 1 cancer is fine, it's the later stages that you have to avoid. Capitalism with robust social services and proper regulations will inevitably destroy both in the pursuit of greater profits.
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I got a letter two months after Bush was sworn in saying my absentee ballot for Gore had been tossed due to an ‘invalid witness signature.’ There was nothing wrong with my ballot and I was one of the few hundred votes Gore was short by.
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Could Gore stop it himself? No. That's silly to even think people would entertain that idea. Could Gore stop it with the help of the rest of the world? That's what you have to ask and we will never know.
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Have you heard bill gates talk about AI, because he is definately not all for it. I. Fact he is clearly saying we need to pump the brakes hard.
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Well technically AI is helping with magnetic confinement in fusion reactors but it probably is local specialized model
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