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minus-squareeatCasserole@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·1 year agoCan we just cancel the whole “ai” thing? It was fun for a bit, now it’s just problems.
minus-squaretal@lemmy.todaylinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·1 year agoThis isn’t AI, but datacenters in general. EU stuff tends to accumulate in Ireland. Ireland’s boom in datacentres and tech companies has been fuelled by its policy of low corporate taxation.
minus-squareeatCasserole@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·1 year agoOf course it’s not only ai, but the article’s subhead: “Statistics raise concerns that rise in demand for data processing driven by AI could derail climate targets”
minus-squarefuckwit_mcbumcrumble@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·1 year agoThe AI meme will crash eventually. When? Can’t say. But eventually they’ll move on to the next meme.
minus-squareeatCasserole@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·1 year agoI’m sure they’ll find something even more problematic to dump money into sooner or later.
Can we just cancel the whole “ai” thing? It was fun for a bit, now it’s just problems.
More AI you say? Can do!
This isn’t AI, but datacenters in general. EU stuff tends to accumulate in Ireland.
Of course it’s not only ai, but the article’s subhead: “Statistics raise concerns that rise in demand for data processing driven by AI could derail climate targets”
The AI meme will crash eventually. When? Can’t say. But eventually they’ll move on to the next meme.
I’m sure they’ll find something even more problematic to dump money into sooner or later.