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highplainsdem

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6. Mostly for AI, especially generative AI. Google's AI search, for instance, requires about 10x the computing

Sat Jan 11, 2025, 11:36 AM

Jan 2025

power of regular search. So more electricity, and more water. Just a few ChatGPT queries can waste the equivalent of a bottle of water.

GenAI is very bad for the environment. AI bros will sometimes admit that but tell people not to worry, because AI will save us by solving the climate crisis, and getting rid of all diseases, and even solving "all of physics" according to OpenAI CEO Sam Altman.

Just trust the AI bros, and give them more money - they want trillions for AI infrastructure - and get rid of every pesky regulation in their way.

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Mega data centers are coming to Minnesota. Their power needs are staggering. [View all] NickB79 Jan 2025 OP

I attended two Silicon Valley Conferences last year about this very topic. CoopersDad Jan 2025 #1

Water is a huge concern NickB79 Jan 2025 #2

Water for cooling the data centers where all of the power is converted into heat. CoopersDad Jan 2025 #5

They're building a lot of these around Moses Lake, WA jmowreader Jan 2025 #3

What is the purpose of these data centers? roomtomove Jan 2025 #4

Mostly for AI, especially generative AI. Google's AI search, for instance, requires about 10x the computing highplainsdem Jan 2025 #6

Your bottle of water comparison is exactly how a professor friend described it NickB79 Jan 2025 #8

Our AI overlords are sucking up all the resources from humans. Irish_Dem Jan 2025 #7