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Attilatheblond

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50. No worries about noise. When data centers gobble up all the water and farmers can't irrigate fields

Reply to Racygrandma (Reply #30)

Thu May 14, 2026, 04:56 PM

18 hrs ago

there won't be any people to hear the noise. AI can chat among themselves, and annoy each other to oblivion.

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Yup. MineralMan 21 hrs ago #2

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A very expensive, society-wrecking solution looking for a problem. Midnight Writer 20 hrs ago #5

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I happen to love that statement. OldBaldy1701E 2 hrs ago #64

Good advice. As an IT person, I trust you far more than many others sprouting this nonsense about AI etc. It SWBTATTReg 20 hrs ago #6

Drive thru fast food places like Rally's have AI taking orders.............. Lovie777 20 hrs ago #7

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No. The Madcap 19 hrs ago #26

It is fast. It used to be cheap. Swede 2 hrs ago #66

I think it's more fundamental than that sab390 20 hrs ago #8

No doubt. I don't know what happens. MineralMan 20 hrs ago #14

Agree, AI is a tool, not a solution. IzzaNuDay 20 hrs ago #9

Disagree. yowzayowzayowza 20 hrs ago #11

Thanks. I understand the technology, MineralMan 20 hrs ago #17

The dot com bubble didnt kill the internet any more than this one will kill AI. yowzayowzayowza 19 hrs ago #18

It didn't kill, but it screwed up the economy big time for a while. MineralMan 19 hrs ago #23

I so hope you are right! ShazzieB 20 hrs ago #12

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'that we will all benefit from'?? notinkansas 19 hrs ago #19

I think all the issues you quoted PCB66 18 hrs ago #49

No. The world population is not the focus here. notinkansas 17 hrs ago #56

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Man, I hope your right. My techi relative thinks it's gonna take over the world Joinfortmill 20 hrs ago #16

Well, you have to admit they are trying, for sure. ananda 18 hrs ago #37

Most bubbles burst... that's all. MiHale 19 hrs ago #21

Ed Zitron's done some of the best writing on this flawed, heavily subsidized tech and the bubble it's created. highplainsdem 19 hrs ago #24

The way I see it, AI's most prominent role infullview 19 hrs ago #25

My son in college just shrugs and says it's a tool - TBF 19 hrs ago #27

I think you may overestimate what businesses really think about CSAT Bristlecone 19 hrs ago #28

It will bankrupt the entire country bucolic_frolic 19 hrs ago #29

It will kill a few hundred people before that and have bobalew 17 hrs ago #54

I watched a couple of videos today Racygrandma 19 hrs ago #30

Yes, saw that on FB... buzzycrumbhunger 18 hrs ago #48

No worries about noise. When data centers gobble up all the water and farmers can't irrigate fields Attilatheblond 18 hrs ago #50

I am in KS we are in a drought Racygrandma 16 hrs ago #59

I am in southern part of AZ. And idiot county officials STILL promote data centers Attilatheblond 14 hrs ago #61

Used to live in 'wheat country' in Montana. Drought there too. Attilatheblond 14 hrs ago #62

And in the meantime, deafness has its advantages! Sweet Rosie Red 1 hr ago #68

You could read the same analysis as this post SCantiGOP 19 hrs ago #31

I also think that AI will end up being a bust LetMyPeopleVote 19 hrs ago #32

I agree with you on that..................... Lovie777 18 hrs ago #34

That's on them for trying to take shortcuts without due diligence MichMan 1 min ago #76

If you are in the market at all, perhaps consider XMAG ETF pat_k 19 hrs ago #33

As I have said elsewhere this looks exactly like the excessive speculation I saw when the internet was ramping up Ford_Prefect 18 hrs ago #35

Exactly. MineralMan 17 hrs ago #53

Thomas Edison new well the potential of new technology even in the face of its opposition. Ol Janx Spirit 18 hrs ago #36

This message was self-deleted by its author Prairie_Seagull 18 hrs ago #38

Nope NoRethugFriends 18 hrs ago #39

Good analysis and explanation. MineralMan 18 hrs ago #42

Thank you. NoRethugFriends 16 hrs ago #58

Perhaps some people do not use AI effectively ThreeNoSeep 18 hrs ago #41

Most people don't use it at all. MineralMan 18 hrs ago #45

Correction ThreeNoSeep 18 hrs ago #51

We fear what we don't understand RoseTrellis 18 hrs ago #43

LOL! MineralMan 18 hrs ago #44

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I think that the real commercial purpose of AI Klarkashton 17 hrs ago #52

I've posted a link to this analysis before .... eppur_se_muova 17 hrs ago #55

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Is AI going away? lonely bird 3 hrs ago #63

"Let Grandma Die for the DOW" Ruby the Liberal 2 hrs ago #65

I agree! Sweet Rosie Red 2 hrs ago #67

Like most DU predictions, this one should be taken with a grain of salt. onenote 1 hr ago #69

OK. That should go without sayiing. MineralMan 54 min ago #71

I think you're 100% correct. Greybnk48 1 hr ago #70

Wishful ludditic thinking Sympthsical 36 min ago #72

LOL! MineralMan 33 min ago #73

I did get a chuckle Sympthsical 32 min ago #74

Agree Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin 20 min ago #75