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…!
It is a cruel joke that right at the moment renewable energy becomes cheap enough to make business sense over fossil fuels, without government subsidies, AI comes in and consumes unlimited amounts of energy to make line go up.
I find it curious how AI companies are even investing in nuclear energy, the forbidden energy source, because of his much energy demand they predict they’ll need.
Would be so funny if their hypercapitalism collapses and leaves behind the next generation energy source