OliFeb 7

A surge in new datacenters, each with the power demand of 100,000 households and a cooling water demand of 1,000,000 m³ per year to train AI models on material obtained without consent on hardware now unaffordable to consumers so fascism-adjacent tech billionaires can sell us the idea that any skill is now worthless and in doing so creating the largest economic bubble ever while simultaneously destroying society and environment.

I think that about sums it up.

#genai #llm

Show threadWulfy—Speaker to the machines

@oli

And what are you doing about it besides micro-dopamine inducing posts?

Feb 23 at 5:20pmWeb
Show threadOliFeb 23
@n_dimension Joined a party, campaigned, got elected to the local council, started fighting against the planned data center on the outskirts of town. How about you?
Show threadWulfy—Speaker to the machinesFeb 23

@oli

Good on you!
That makes you a rarity!

Wrote letters to politicians, Wrote an AI Senate submission, initiated my state political party AI policy and contributed to the federal one.

#regulateAi #peoplepower