Boston_Baz

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   by Boston_Baz 9mo ago

   >So no, "killing the planet" is not misinformed or misleading. When we talk as if a few years of AI build‑out are “killing the planet” while long‑standing sectors that make up double‑digit shares of global emissions are treated
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   by Boston_Baz 9mo ago

   As someone from the Humanities who isn't in the tech industry, I'm just absolutely electrified by how strong the division this technology has generated in the social dynamic is. Like I mean second-order and third-order effects. Hu
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   by Boston_Baz 9mo ago

   Data centers account for roughly ~1% of global electricity demand and ~.5% of CO2 emissions, as per your link. That's for data centers as a whole, as IEA and some other orgs group "data-centres, AI, and cryptocurrency" as a s
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   by Boston_Baz 1y ago

   Its nearly a guarantee TSMC was going to be exempt. The dismal performance of their AZ location and Samsung's TX location shows how the US wouldn't even be anywhere near 20% domestic manufacture by 2035. Capital≠Competency. The 70