Will the pushback against AI gain any traction?  Or will Billionaires continue to compete to see who can burn the most energy the fastest?  How high will electricity prices go before J6P chokes on the bill?  Remember, he's also expected to power his cars, heat his homes, wash & dry his laundry and cook his food with the same electrons Mark Suckerbug needs to run his Facepalm server farms, data centers, AI Search Engines and Crypto Mining operations.  Who's gonna pay for the new cable double the diameter of the old one to run that traffic jam of electrons to his breaker box?

https://heatmap.news/energy/data-centers-left-right-opposition

The Data Center Backlash Is Swallowing American Politics

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By 2025, approximately 33% of global data center capacity is projected to be dedicated to AI applications.

This figure is expected to reach as high as 70% by 2030.


Google Gemini told me.


Since it appears to be useful, perhaps the problem is that capitalism owns it.  I'd be happy with AI under the control of universities.  Providers of AI must be nonprofit, and connected with an educational institution.  Of course this makes sense.  And must be totally rejected as outlandish murmurs from Lenin's grave.  John or Vladimir Ilyich Ulyanov, take your pick.  Either grave will do.

The problem is not AI itself, the problem is in the implementation of AI.  I am all for local LLMs.  We need a billionaire to sign up here, the Diner needs this.

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