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   Baldur Bjarnason (baldur@toot.cafe)'s status on Thursday, 01-Aug-2024 00:41:55 JST Baldur Bjarnason

   “Opinion: What’s behind the AI boom? Exploited humans”

   https://www.siliconvalley.com/2024/07/30/opinion-whats-behind-the-ai-boom-exploited-humans/amp/

   > In Iceland, we visited data center workers who documented the energy-intensive nature of these centers, which consume more electricity than Icelandic households combined.

   One of the reasons why this shit makes me so angry. This is directly threatening Iceland's energy transition as it's soaking up all excess capacity

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     Gerry McGovern (gerrymcgovern@mastodon.green)'s status on Thursday, 22-Aug-2024 16:14:30 JST Gerry McGovern

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     @baldur
     It's the same in Ireland, where data centers are consuming 21% of electricity, more than all of urban Ireland. And the politicians are patting themselves on the back, hoping they can achieve 30% soon. All part of the strange world of happenings within a Growth Death Cult.