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Chuck Wendig@chuckwendig.bsky.social |
Oh hey tech firms what’s up, I found the miracle solution: throw this unwanted AI shit into the fucking trash where it belongs
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Jason Parton
@jasongrvin.bsky.social
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Fixed it.
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David Blanchflower BSc
@davidbflower.bsky.social
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Humanity has managed to keep going for thousands of years without it.
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Rea, MSc Arc
@therineselene.bsky.social
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But, but, but, their profits from locking us in!!! /massive sarcasm
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joshua caleb weibley
@livingfake.bsky.social
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I feel like every day tech people wake up trying to think of a better way to waste the environment
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Feisty Kinglet
@handle.invalid
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Honestly if my shower head and toilet have water efficiency requirements then this software can have energy and water efficiency standards.
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garci32
@garci32.bsky.social
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AI,BitCoin ,Big oil companies climate change contributors!
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![LA Guettler [insert cleverness here]'s avatar](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/avatar/plain/did:plc:wjmt5oe6uj4ely6lrl6ccf53/bafkreibmsxov2be3ev4ksqdr4nvuutdumqhdswonrg7lthw5fend2l3bly@jpeg){kind=small}
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LA Guettler [insert cleverness here]
@laguettler.bsky.social
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1. Create a product that nobody wants. 2. Claim that product can do things it can't. 3. Shove that product into every possible aspect of public and private life and make it difficult (ideally impossible) to avoid. 4. [a miracle happens] 5. $$$Profit$$$
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Emma Evans
@trance.bsky.social
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There's room next to the crypto and NFTs
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Wright-o
@chazrunner.bsky.social
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Finally, we get our grid to use solar and wind. Maybe there is hope for our future… (Shadow of AI mothership)
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Joel/kingjder02/whatever
@joelsftw.bsky.social
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Why are people still on this AI is the future train? Didn't these guys watch any movie where this goes wrong at all?
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Everything is Public Health
@everythingisph.bsky.social
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Dear Tech: We don't want your nothing-burger worthless AI/NFT/Blockchain/crypto innovation, we want you to fix those bugs in your products and listen to your user base. Sincerely, everyone who is tired of this nonsense
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wallybuan0.bsky.social
@wallybuan0.bsky.social
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Dean Booth 🦆🐇
@deanbooth.bsky.social
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To paraphrase Jay Gould, they should burn half of AI to power the other half.
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Dire Sloth
@magneticsara.bsky.social
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I do not even remotely believe the claim in this headline. But I do have a husband who trains a model in a very hot office for funsies.
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Eric Carroll
@ericcarroll.bsky.social
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Never have so many electrons given so much for something so unwanted.
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Luna
@lunalore.bsky.social
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But I thought climate change was all my fault for selfishly not wanting to risk heat stroke in my apartment 🥺
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Semiosmith - Bradley A. Smith
@semiosmith.bsky.social
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AI is cancer for IT
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First Last
@tekfiend.bsky.social
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Preach!
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@hillviewestate.bsky.social
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Yeet AI into the sun.
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Lee Rowan
@leerowan.bsky.social
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Stop using AI and pay humans.
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Nichole Christoff
@nicholechristoff.bsky.social
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Yep. All this “AI has a smaller carbon footprint than actual humans who eat, drive, and breathe” is bollocks. AI *gobbles* fossil-fuel-generated power.
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Devin𓅃
@devin-eleven.bsky.social
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It would be funny if big oil killed ai for pushing alternative energy.
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Hawk Gates
@gateshawk.bsky.social
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Yesterday google ai overview was unable to tell me “most recent 40 game winner mlb pitcher.” (gave the wrong answer even though the Wikipedia article it linked me to contained the correct answer). Pretty straightforward stuff. Pull the plug!
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ChelseaNH
@chelseanh.bsky.social
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If Gen AI can't recognize a keyboard smash, it's not ready for prime time. (Thanks to my cat Maya for the assist.)
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yarn 𝔤𝔬𝔟𝔩𝔦𝔫
@woolverine.bsky.social
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just unplug it
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Big Fat Bartolo's Colon
@graweman.bsky.social
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ok but first why don't we try: no one under the poverty line is allowed AC this summer???
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Ken MacLennan
@historiken.bsky.social
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you know the rules chuck, if you want them to do it you have to frame it as a dystopian hellfuture
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Tanek
@tanek.bsky.social
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People are actually going to die of the heat when power grids fail just so some AI techbros can make money off of stolen content. And they know there will be zero consequences to them. Even if the "AI" scam fails, they'll just move on to the next one.
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Reid Walley
@reidwalley.bsky.social
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You need to consume MOAR electricity in order to reach Kardashev Type I civilization.
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Dr. Stephan A. Glienke
@glienkestephan.bsky.social
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Read a post about AC shaming just five minutes ago. Any idea how many thousands of lifes had been saved by AC in heat waves? I get it: Captain Planet demands it. But at the same time: Bitcoin Mining and AI sucking up the energy, ... Just saying. Save big with big spenders not the other way around.
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Neopagan Esq.
@liminalatlaw.bsky.social
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Hear me out---Let the tech bros push building lots of renewable energy infrastructure for AI... THEN throw the AI in the trash and keep the infrastructure.
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AnthropomorphiKurt
@infosprinkles.bsky.social
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Big D.R.E.A.M piece. *Data Rules Everything Around Me Been tracking Helion and the data/Inferencing explosion in modern data centers for a while. This has been building for a long time and will likely tip world opinion on Fusion once functionality is attained.
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MrFutago
@mrfutago.bsky.social
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Tech firms rather throw artists in the trash. bsky.app/profile/mrfu...
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Poetgrrl
@poetgrrl.bsky.social
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Psst... maybe just don't signal ahead of time we're 86ing them? 👍
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Sekhi, Booper of Snoots 🏳️🌈
@sekhithefops.bsky.social
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From what I've seen the guys who were pushing hardest for it now are stuck where they can't stop or else they risk a massive loss of face and investors turning on them. I don't care if they get those, I feel a lead pipe to their kneecaps is also warranted, but thats why.
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Hangry Man
@hangryman.bsky.social
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When you say unwanted A.I. do you mean all A.I. tech, or just these shitty LLMs that scrape everyones data for profit while costing jobs, and spreading misinformation because they "Hallucinate" and despite all that are being jammed into everyfuckingthing under the sun now before being refined.
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Darrel
@dlaw51.bsky.social
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Carbon tax these outfits into oblivion.
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Anders Møller-Stray
@amstray.bsky.social
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Let them use artificial electricity
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Rob Honeycutt
@robhon.bsky.social
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Seems as though we need to start working on building our own Dyson sphere pretty soon
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340ml vodka shot
@slime.bsky.social
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here is the full article that isn't just a headline
www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...
the issue is data centers can be 100% clean, but currently in usa they are getting some energy from coal- this isnt new. we have solar, wind, but instead it talks about future technologies as the solution
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Malaclypse the Fetus
@omfproductions.bsky.social
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That would require them coming up with an actually useful product Chuck. They haven't done that in what 15 years or something?
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Emperor Aardvark
@emperoraardvark.bsky.social
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Can we trick them into building out extensive renewable energy that we can fold into the public grid when they all go bankrupt?
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Making Chips
@enceladusty.bsky.social
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Just take the loss and write it off on your taxes, chumps
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Sensual Kazoo
@sensualkazoo.bsky.social
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I've been told the problem is actually my air-conditioning. We all need to live in 110 degree houses so the AI can shit out another deranged picture of a woman with knee boobs and crab hands.
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jeff
@reyturner.bsky.social
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Maintaining my belief that AI and crypto are a gambit by fossil fuel extractors to keep energy prices high despite advances in wind and solar.
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34 on the 28th🔞
@chaffxgrenade.bsky.social
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I feel like there's a pretty sizable handful of problems in the world that could be solved with "...then don't do that" 😁✨
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⛅ beagle 🌱
@beagle.bsky.social
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count proposal: we strip every rare mineral from the earth's crust and burn every ounce of carbon
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Mod_Hostess
@themodhostess.bsky.social
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First Bitcoin, now AI. What energy wasting, environment-destroying, useless thing will "Big Tech" think of next?!
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Pepper Jack Cheese
@pepperjackcheese.bsky.social
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Similarly negative things were said about early iterations of so many now ubiquitous technologies. But AI’s energy demands are particularly concerning.
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Bitty 🇵🇸 (do not disturb)
@bitty.bsky.social
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Hmmmmm how about instead we ruin everything
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DougofGabriola
@islandgardener.bsky.social
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🇺🇦 Winston…just Winston🕺
@inspector-w.bsky.social
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I think we’re in the final stages of the pseudo-AI boom. These are the take the money and run times. As it gets forced on everyone, people are realizing it’s useless/bad; the lawsuits for copyright infringement will come next. Time to DB Cooper this thing.
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Riggs
@riggsxt.bsky.social
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I agree. AI is clogging up our electrical, taking up space and it’s annoying because it’s not smarter than a toddler. They are throwing away all progress up until now to covet a technology that won’t be useable for 20 years. It only causes frustration
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