mesaMar 31

Data centers are creating ‘heat islands’ and warming the land around them by up to 16 degrees | CNN

The vast data centers that power artificial intelligence are so energy hungry that they’re heating up their surroundings, according to new research. It’s an alarming finding given the number of data centers is predicted to explode over the next few years.

Scientists have found an alarming environmental impact of vast data centers

The vast data centers that power artificial intelligence are so energy hungry that they’re heating up their surroundings, according to new research. It’s an alarming finding given the number of data centers is predicted to explode over the next few years.

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Show threadpharcefaceApr 2
Seeing this kind of news hurts. I’ve had a lifelong interest in computers and technology. I’ve made a career of it and live fairly comfortably because of it. But this makes me certain the positives don’t outweigh the negatives. And I wish we could go back to the 90s/2k when we’re certain this tech would lead to the betterment of the world. Sort of bearing my heart here but technology sucks now.
Show threadMattMatt

Same, this wave is smearing shit over the technical hobby turned career that I’ve loved since forever that I can remember. My recent desire to rewind and redo makes me feel old AF. I used to think individuals were fundamentally good and more connection would be better.

Instead we have this. The first collective decisions are to kill minorities and fuck everything for nihilistic suicide. That, apparently, is Who We Are. We are, as a whole, Pieces of Shit.

The structure is broken. I believe we are better than that. But we are so far into a dead end branch of the decision tree we can’t all see this is BS, and so individuals who make the group are so deluded that they are actually pieces of shit.

Apr 2 at 4:33amWeb