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Mike 03

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4. Thank you very much

Reply to Dennis Donovan (Reply #1)

Thu Jan 9, 2025, 02:42 PM

Jan 2025

This issue really concerns me but I don't know a whole lot about it.

I know that Alphabet (Google) had very ambitious zero carbon goals that they have completely scrapped because of the energy requirements of AI.

It just seems suicidal to me that at every juncture where we could make a decision to take global warming seriously, we make the wrongest choice possible.

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Memphis warns it may not be able to power Elon Musk's lofty 'Colossus' {AI} supercomputer expansion plans [View all] SheltieLover Jan 2025 OP

Here's a link to an un-paywalled version Dennis Donovan Jan 2025 #1

TYVM! SheltieLover Jan 2025 #2

This is why China is building several coal-fired power plants Unladen Swallow Jan 2025 #3

Thank you very much Mike 03 Jan 2025 #4

Relying on public infrastructure for a private enterprise? dickthegrouch Jan 2025 #6

The inimitable genius Elon Musk forgot to check the availability of power? Jim__ Jan 2025 #5

Even worse, the Dem leadership in Memphis didn't tell him to fuck off SheltieLover Jan 2025 #7