relsquiMar 10

I'm still not over the fact that they filled the search engines with so much slop that it takes an llm to dredge answers out

what an incredible con. steal our data, hide the originals, and sell it back to us

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there are legitimate uses for llms. but if you're benefiting from a data center that reduces human access to drinking water, your prompt had better be accomplishing something more valuable for the world than giving humans access to drinking water
Mar 10 at 2:42amWeb
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https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/14/technology/meta-data-center-water.html?unlocked_article_code=1.SFA.-4yD.cYPRb2OsdIAa&smid=url-share
Meta Built a Data Center Next Door. The Neighbors’ Water Taps Went Dry.

In the race to develop artificial intelligence, tech giants are building data centers that guzzle up water. That has led to problems for people who live nearby.

The New York Times
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I'm not convinced the legitimate uses are the most efficient solutions to those problems, though?
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@dheadshot oh, most of them, yeah. when I make allowances like that I'm mostly thinking about accessibility. I know someone who's blind and uses meta glasses to describe what's in front of him; in theory it's a task a human could do, but it would be a meaningful reduction in independence or access for him not to have this option.

so I'm not gonna say he shouldn't have that. but that's how high the bar is.