Going insane reading this Politico story about Musk's AI servers poisoning the air of a 90% Black community in Memphis followed immediately by this Washington Post story about states lining up their own communities to host the next ones
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"But you can't deny that it is useful" no actually I CAN deny it's useful and I'm fucking blocking you, and also fuck right off into the sun.
AI is the scourge of our times. #fuckAI
https://www.bloomberg.com/graphics/2025-space-orbit-satellites-pollution/
server farms will be built w promises of jobs
Jobs will be automated away
Pollution galore & electricity shortages
AI hype will die
Stuck with massive buildings & budget shortfalls
IMO AI is useful for a few things not everything
Of course solar panels are expensive what with the tariffs.
I use chaptgpt for sorting out code or geometry math stuff, so by all means, be embarrassed for me.
We can take your same approach that everyone who drives gross polluting cars or delivery trucks or rides busses should also be embarrassed.
AI, to them, is better than people, and should have more rights. Seems AI already does in many places.
All you need is an excuse to bypass environmental rules.
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/epa-trump-presidential-exemption-clean-air/
He's been fighting all kinds of regulations since he launched in CA which is why he was moving his shit to TX.