• hayvan@piefed.world
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        4 days ago

        Losing money in hardware, insurance premiums, increased security are all nice effects though.

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        Would they actually be able to afford it? Investors have been throwing endless amounts of money onto the fire but in OpenAI’s case at least, it was all essentially bought like “I’ll pay you later, trust me”, right?

        I’d assume convincing companies twice that you’re trustworthy enough to buy the world’s supply of RAM with an IOU wouldn’t be possible but I guess I thought the same thing for the first time as well

        edit: either way, I’d take a longer period of expensive RAM if it meant a giant “fuck you” to the AI companies

      • Not_mikey@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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        4 days ago

        Also if the AI bubble does pop and they have to liquidate all these data centers, that’s less stuff for us to buy on the fire sale

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      4 days ago

      They’re really not though.

      (Obviously, don’t do crimes.) That being said, a warehouse full of toilet paper is flammable… a warehouse full of aluminum racks and silicon isn’t.

      In addition, their fire suppression systems don’t use water and so any fire that you did manage to create would be suppressed without affecting operation.

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        3 days ago

        Yeah you need to stop data centers before they’re built, not after, and lots of local governments are being forced to do that by residents

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          3 days ago

          Exactly, as with many problems in our societies, the answer isn’t to be angry on the Internet until it’s gotten so bad that you contemplate firebombing warehouses.

          The answer is to participate in the political processes that were created to govern your area/country. The reason that these datacenter projects are being pushed through is because it’s just city council members in a public meeting where 2 citizens and 12 industry lawyers show up to voice their position.

          Pay attention to local matters, vote, show up to public meetings, state your opinion. That doesn’t happen online.