Neil DixonMay 15
ana «model a7m2» 🎶
why did they call them "ai datacenters" when they could have called them "slopping malls"
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Show threadCarolynMay 15
@ana not too late.
Show threadPeter RileyMay 15

@ana

Yes
Ai Data Centers aka “slopping malls”

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Show threadAI6YR BenMay 15
@ana 😂
Show thread🏳️‍🌈 Happy Pride-onphan! 🏳️‍⚧️May 15
@ana Actually, speaking of malls, I'm surprised these corpo nerds aren't buying out current, abandoned or demolished malls to make data centers instead of wasting resources to create new data centers.
Show threadSebastian Crane 🏳️‍⚧️May 15
@mast0d0nphan @ana I'd guess it's chiefly a ventilation issue. Given how stuffy the air inside them can be ordinarily, I can't imagine that cooling computers in them would be easy!
Show threadAndrew DrakeMay 15

@mast0d0nphan @ana there's nothing worth reusing in a mall. Data centers have racks of heavy equipment inside and generally heavy cooling setups on the roof, too. Mall construction isn't rated for that. Cheaper and less risk to demolish and build to spec than to retrofit. Nobody wants to fry millions of dollars in server hardware because the retrofitted mall roof leaked.

The site is flat, but unless you get lucky it probably has none of the other things you'd want (like proximity to big power lines or network backbones).

Show threadpatterMay 15

@mast0d0nphan @ana probably cheaper & easier to build from scratch, rather than modifying existing buildings

and also why they don't build vertically, instead of spreading out the slop box till its the size of Manhattan

Show threadJohn Weeks May 15
@pluralistic
Show threadLukefromDCMay 15
@ana And a roomful of people typing on manual typewriters could earn the name "NI Data Center" NI being Natural Intelligence...
Show threadb-rainMay 15
@LukefromDC @ana now we can all be the knights of NI! #montyPython
Show threadbayoMay 15
@ana in order to get the investments ($)
Show threadseeprMay 15

@ana who actually owns the data in the center? artists? #artist #art

The term datacenter implies that the data is actually the most valuable part about it; a fitting observation imo.

Show threadtinfoilhatMay 15
@ana bravo
Show threadHappyCrow13May 15
@ana Oh no I hate that. I mean it's perfect, but the way it fumbles off my tongue is just fucky.
...now that I think about it that's perfect for AI generated bs. Looks good, feels off and gross in a way I can't articulate.
Show threaddbat May 15
@ana oh bravo!
Show threadGet The BriefMay 15
@ana I Think you just won the internet. We approve of this message!
Show threadJenica Lake เหล็ถเลถMay 15
@ana what would we call data centers in cruise ships?
Show thread✶Rayotron✶May 15

@MamaLake @ana

Data centers in cruise ships are called hantAIviruses.

Show threadbazkie 👩🏼‍💻 bitplanes 🎵May 15
@MamaLake @ana a waste of perfectly good water?
Show threadlucaMay 15
@ana Because you can enter a mall and peek at the rubbish, before you buy it. While with "AI" datacenters the slop is randomly mixed by some algorithm before it's sold as gold.
Show threadSlatianMay 17
@luc0x61 @ana Wrong way around: It is first sold as gold and then randomly mixed 
Show threadArchiveScribeMay 15
@ana Future unemployment receptacles. Energy bill rockets. Yeah, I can come up with some better ones.
Show threadReid May 15
@ana "datacenter" sounds high tech thus great for investors. Honesty tends to drive investors away (Uber didn't become a global taxi company by being honest about being taxis, they became a global taxi company by saying shit about personal limousines and calling it "ride sharing")
Show threadSoozcatMay 15
@ana Then actual dead malls converted to data centers should be called "sloppy seconds"
Show threadDFX4509B (Joshua Mason)May 15
@ana How 'bout calling them, Destroyers of Worlds, bringing up Oppenheimer's famous quote?
Show threaddo not wake sleeping foxesMay 15
@ana because the naming came from people who think "AI" is the best thing since the coming of Jesus or something
Show threadDaniel GibsonMay 15
@ana
dunno, "slopping mall" sounds kinda.. cozy? in a way?
Show threadMothwavesMay 15
@ana Too much whimsy for techbros
Show threadMistress Fae SquigglesMay 15
@ana adding this to my voice over list if that's alright ❤️
Show threadMintyOh [inactive]May 15

@ana

Because that would've required some creative thinking, which they proved they have none of lol

Show threadKuru Kuru May 15
@ana they tore down a mall and plan on putting a data center there near me. So yeah, that definitely fits.
Show threadKawaoneechanMay 17
@ahhhhhhoniichan I'm sorry for your loss.
Show threadEdenDestroyerMay 17
@ana lmaoo
Show threadZack WhittakerMay 17
@ana this is perfect. thank you for sharing.
Show threadLAURENMay 17

@ana

for always and ever from this point forward

Show threadShwellMay 18
@ana Nice
Show threadtwosky2000May 18

@ana I think AI should be called soothsayers.
They always say something.
Most of it is just pattern with no specific knowledge.
They are happy to take your money.

And it would be funny to see people accepting that CEOs push for what their soothsayer tells them.