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BlackRock, Microsoft to Raise $30 Billion for AI Investments - in data centres and power stations in c/techtakes@awful.systems
[–] maol@awful.systems 6 points 7 hours ago

I have a bicycle, and if I see Bill Gates I'm going to throw it at him.

remembering PG's "lisp would have stopped 9/11" essay from September 2001 in c/techtakes@awful.systems
[–] maol@awful.systems 2 points 23 hours ago

A lot of hijackings don't even fucking involve passengers getting into the cockpit. DB Cooper never got into the cockpit.

BlackRock, Microsoft to Raise $30 Billion for AI Investments - in data centres and power stations in c/techtakes@awful.systems
[–] maol@awful.systems 5 points 23 hours ago

This is the kind of thing that makes me feel paranoid. Oh, you want lots of power stations? For AI?

Stubsack: weekly thread for sneers not worth an entire post, week ending Sunday 22 September 2024 in c/techtakes@awful.systems
[–] maol@awful.systems 7 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

Oh no, what the hell. I found his personal Twitter, which has nothing from the last few years, but I didn't realize he was using his company's Twitter to defend JK Rowling. Eurgh!

Stubsack: weekly thread for sneers not worth an entire post, week ending Sunday 22 September 2024 in c/techtakes@awful.systems
[–] maol@awful.systems 6 points 1 day ago

What a terrible argument. Anything that involves messing around with your teeth needs to have good reasons to do it, rather than just good arguments against doing it.

Stubsack: weekly thread for sneers not worth an entire post, week ending Sunday 22 September 2024 in c/techtakes@awful.systems
[–] maol@awful.systems 4 points 1 day ago

They've had enough problems with the guy who claimed to be the reincarnation of LRH.

I reckon Miscavige wouldn't want a robo-LRH as it could challenge his power within the organization.

Stubsack: weekly thread for sneers not worth an entire post, week ending Sunday 22 September 2024 in c/techtakes@awful.systems
[–] maol@awful.systems 5 points 1 day ago (3 children)

Oh no, what happened to that dude? He seemed fairly sane from his blog.

Stubsack: weekly thread for sneers not worth an entire post, week ending Sunday 22 September 2024 in c/techtakes@awful.systems
[–] maol@awful.systems 9 points 2 days ago

Mr AGP? Wow.

remembering PG's "lisp would have stopped 9/11" essay from September 2001 in c/techtakes@awful.systems
[–] maol@awful.systems 4 points 2 days ago

It's interesting to me that they're named after four thieves. Not sure if it's a deliberate joke or just another manifestation of the anarchist herbalism tendency that seems to have developed in the last 20 or 30 years.

Microsoft is firmly committed to environmentally sustainable AI — except when there’s a sale to be made in c/techtakes@awful.systems
[–] maol@awful.systems 16 points 3 days ago

oh "environmentally sustainable AI", that's like clean coal isn't it.

Strawberry fields forever — OpenAI’s new ‘o1’ model in c/techtakes@awful.systems
[–] maol@awful.systems 15 points 4 days ago

Living is easy with eyes closed/misunderstanding all you see

Stubsack: weekly thread for sneers not worth an entire post, week ending Sunday 15 September 2024 in c/techtakes@awful.systems
[–] maol@awful.systems 6 points 1 week ago

You could build a whole library of articles like this: here's one from early last year

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Data centre energy usage has outpaced growth of renewable energy in Ireland (m.independent.ie)
 

"Total demand for electricity last year grew by 4.4pc, or 1.3 terawatts (TW), but 80pc of that increase, or 1.1TW, was from data centre growth."

Training data for LLMs = higher energy prices and environmental degradation.

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Reimagining AI | Planet Critical (youtube.com)
 

A video interview with the artist John Wild about AI, AGI, eugenics and Silicon Valley TESCREAL cultism. Posting without watching.

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Interview with Dr Abeba Birhane on Irish radio (www.rte.ie)
 

"AI for dummies" interview from Irish radio with Dr Abeba Birhane, who's on a UN advisory board about AI.

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Spotted this ad in an old copy of Smash Hits. Possible tagline for this server? (awful.systems)
 

According to wikipedia, Runaway received "mixed reviews".

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Dan McQuillan on Resisting AI | Yeah Nah Pasaran! On 3CR (www.3cr.org.au)
 

Interview on Australian anti-fascist radio show Yeah Nah Pasaran! with Dan McQuillan, computer lecturer and author of "Resisting AI: An Anti-fascist Approach To Artificial Intelligence". Interesting comments on AI as a tool of/for austerity politics, and an argument that AI is inherently anti-worker. Probably nothing new to people in here, but eloquently stated and put into a wider political context.

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Building an entirely new city from scratch in Northern California: an environmentally friendly way of providing more housing, according to some silicon valley types (www.theguardian.com)
 

Sure, why attempt to improve the climate resilience or affordable housing in the cities where millions of people already live, when you can just buy land upstate and get a whole new toy to play with? And why tell local, state or national government anything - they'll only be supplying the land, water, sewerage, utilities & transport links. You pay your taxes, you deserve to get something back.

This is going to be one hell of a planning application. What's the land use code for "feudal stronghold"?

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