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Comment by beeflet

3 days ago

intellectual property isn't going to save us. it's a flimsy retort, like the water usage complaints

This covers the data center resource green-washing rhetoric, and most taxpayers will be paying more for energy now regardless of what they think:

'"Generative AI" is not what you think it is'

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ERiXDhLHxmo

And this paper proved the absurd outcome of the bubble is hype:

'Researchers Built a Tiny Economy. AIs Broke It Immediately'

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KUekLTqV1ME

It is true bubbles driven by the irrational can't be stopped, but one may profit from peoples delusions... and likely get discount GPUs when the economic fiction inevitably implodes. Best of luck =3

  • We can generate more energy, fabricate more computer chips and collect more water, but the impact on labor will be irreversible.

    • Energy is finite, and asking the public to fund a private firms irrational project is unethical.

      "Memoirs of extraordinary popular delusions and the madness of crowds" (Charles Mackay, 1852)

      https://www.gutenberg.org/files/24518/24518-h/24518-h.htm

      I look forwards to buying the failed data center assets. LLM make great search engines, but are not the path to "AGI". Neuromorphic computing looks more interesting. Have a great day =3

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