This might belong in some circlejerk sub, but I think it’s somewhat clever. Basically, if AI datacenters get shut down, the power that would’ve been used to generate AI slop could be used for magnificent things. I mean, it’s purely clean energy because instead of using gas or oil, you take energy that COULD be used for something useless and put it to better use. Think of all the applications.

  • We could power countless electric cars, trains, and bikes.
  • We could power countless medical devices like pacemakers and defibrillators.
  • We could power countless lights in people’s homes.

All this could be accomplished by not building massive datacenters. What’s more is that there could be countless gallons of clean drinking water used for surgical cleaning and chemistry that would otherwise serve to cool the amount of datacenter power. Think of all the possibilities!

If only Sam Altman could understand this…!

  • Alwaysnownevernotme@lemmy.world
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    2 days ago

    But guise that will slow down the development cycle and there are compromising photos out there I need to stop paying blackmail money for and claim they are AI generated.

    • edible_funk@lemmy.world
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      2 days ago

      I genuinely believe that this right here is a significant motivator for the aggressive pushing of AI in every fuckin sector. It’s ridiculous though, they’ve already proven they don’t even need plausible deniability, they just need fox news to say a thing and they’ll all believe it without question. Like video of Trump raping or even killing children would not have any effect on his base. They did not need the existence of AI to refuse to believe what they themselves have seen; they do it every day.

      • Alwaysnownevernotme@lemmy.world
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        1 day ago

        They need the spell to become unbreakable. They need people to literally ignore the evidence of their eyes and ears to the extent that they will willingly not only excise themselves from their families but will join new and even more dominant social structures. Akin to cults. Then they will begin the deification. Fake miracles fake revelations mass delusions on a scale grand enough to whip the masses into violent purges of nonbelievers.

        And ultimately a permanent underclass. Likely lobotomized in some way from birth that they draw their, “Breeding stock” From.

        God do I hope I’m wrong. But it seems too plausible given the inertial desire for simplicity and the disdain for understanding our culture has. And the cravenness of those we’ve entrusted with power.