JagoffFeb 23
Steve DeGroof 📚🛸
BREAKING: Sam Altman points out that putting out fires in orphanages also uses a lot of water.
Feb 23 at 12:30amWeb
Show threadLisPiFeb 23

@degroof Which is barely true (especially comparatively) if they're still built without sprinklers that would prevent the entire building from igniting and therefore reduce the actual use by easily a magnitude.

But I'm sure he doesn't want to hear about proper planification and preparation for harm reduction.

Besides which their primary function isn't being on fire.

Show threadPeter MiddelkoopFeb 23
@lispi314 Move fast and kill "things". @degroof
Show threadamaliaFeb 23
@degroof 😒
Show threadmerikssonFeb 23
@degroof
Show threadMr_ChonsFeb 23
@degroof And how ignorant of these "poor" orphans that they not even consider using the thermal power potential to power some turbines to provide cheaper energy for e.g. AI or such.
Show threadNuwagaba GiftFeb 23
@degroof
What solution was he offering?
Show threadsu_liamFeb 23
@nuwagaba2 @degroof His AI will use millions of gallons of water and enough electricity to power Cleveland to come up with a plan to save a thousand gallons of water in total on all the world’s orphanage fires. The plan will turn out to be impossible, because it’s a hallucination. It will also turn out to be based on a fourth grader’s doodle that the parents posted on the net for a laugh.
Show threadDave bauerFeb 23
@su_liam @nuwagaba2 @degroof Actually, I'd just go with the fourth grader and some fire-safety experts, we would get there.
Show threadNuwagaba GiftFeb 24
@su_liam
With such an impossible plan, what's the way forward?
Show threadsu_liamFeb 24
@nuwagaba2 Avoid LLMs by any means necessary, brace yourself for the inevitable bursting of the AI bubble. Survive. When the bubble bursts, tear down those data centers: there’s ram in them thar hills! And SSDs and graphics cards…
Show threadpafurijazFeb 23

@degroof Also... SAM ALTMAN: "People talk about how much energy it takes to train an AI model … But it also takes a lot of energy to train a human. It takes like 20 years of life and all of the food you eat during that time before you get smart."

How come everyone around him still hasn't cottoned on to the fact that he's nothing but a crook?

Show threadRaymond RussellFeb 23
@pafurijaz @degroof
Also your Average American, especially the more wealthy, are world energy hogs. So he is arguing that his own folk are an even bigger waste of energy than AI's.
Show thread狐ヴィクシーFeb 23
@degroof Do not let this man near an orphanage.
Show threadFilipFeb 23
@degroof I just realized, that I also use a lot of water for thinking, because I mostly think in the shower. I hope AI doesn't shut me down for that
Show threadRusty ShacklefordFeb 24

@degroof @da_667

BREAKING: Mike Oxlong points out that putting out fires in data centers also uses a lot of water.

¯\_(ツ)_/¯

Show threadPaulNickson 🕊️🎛️🎼Feb 25
@degroof What I don’t understand is what happens to the cooling water after it has been round the heat exchangers in a data centre - does it disappear? If not I don’t see the problem.
Show threadRusty ShacklefordFeb 26

@PaulNickson @degroof

So do the research. You just admitted you literally don't know anything.

You have seen experts speaking out against the spikes in energy & water usage caused by datacenters.

Now, you can either read their work that is right in front of you, watch a few long form videos, or shut up.

Show threadPaulNickson 🕊️🎛️🎼Feb 27
@rusty__shackleford @degroof Or you could be less aggressive about it. I was just enquiring what happens to cooling water once it has done its cooling.
Show threadRusty ShacklefordFeb 27
@PaulNickson @degroof
It came off as dismissive and subversive, apologies for taking you out of context.
Show threadPaulNickson 🕊️🎛️🎼Feb 27
@rusty__shackleford @degroof OK no worries.
Show threadÖlbaumFeb 26
@degroof In the future, can you please CW photos of people with a missing organ? /j
@sebug
Show threadEndlessMasonFeb 26
@degroof
https://news.un.org/en/story/2026/01/1166800
World enters era of ‘global water bankruptcy’

The world has moved beyond a water crisis and into a state of global water bankruptcy, says a new flagship report released on Tuesday by UN researchers.

UN News