Comment on Microsoft CEO warns that we must 'do something useful' with AI or they'll lose 'social permission' to burn electricity on it

FreddiesLantern@leminal.space ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

• JoeBigelow@lemmy.ca ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  The peasants might light their torches

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  • tempest@lemmy.ca ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Datacenters are expensive and soft targets.

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    • Knock_Knock_Lemmy_In@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      Dude, building are pretty hard.

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      • demonsword@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        not OP but I believe they’re “soft” in the sense that they don’t have moats/high electric fences/battalions of armed guards around 24/7

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      • tempest@lemmy.ca ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        Yeah but it’s really easy to hurt their feelings so be mindful

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  • DarkFuture@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    This guy knows how to translate billionaire dipshit speak.

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  • Xylian@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    “Torching” the gas turbines what are on AI companies datacenters would be highly effective. Especially since they are outside and only a fence protects them.

    It is so dump what they gas our environment for “AI”. It was evil doing it in WW1 and WW2 and it is still today. See:

    • theguardian.com/…/elon-musk-xai-datacenter-memphi…
    • capitalbnews.org/musk-xai-memphis-black-neighborh…

    It is insane.

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• rumba@lemmy.zip ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  There’s a latency between asking for forgiveness and being demanded to stop.

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• lando55@lemmy.zip ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  It’s easier to beg for social forgiveness than it is to ask for social permission

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