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A photo inside a bookstore with the caption ‘the only "data centers" we should be funding:’
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[–] 43 points 5 months ago (7 children)

I think actual digital data centers can have value for humanity. You need to store things like Wikipedia and Archive.org and other worthwhile sites and services somewhere.

What is shit is the explosion in "data" centers that are really more like gigawatt space heaters that spit out fake images and wrong statements on the side.

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  • [–] 4 points 5 months ago* (4 children)

    Yeah, I know the perversion of words is a regular thing (for various malicious or random reasons), but the the current use of "AI" and "data certes" really keeps fucking me mid communication (evey time I hear "AI" I think "oh, non-AI-AI").

    The last time this happened as much (iirc) was the word "literally" (as in 'it literally keeps fucking me mid communication').

    So yes, data centres (libraries) are important, including managing risks of such centres (eg de/centralisation, concentration, etc).
    I would say intelligence is important too but ... I lack the evidence.

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  • [–] 3 points 5 months ago (3 children)

    Literally has meant figuratively longer than literally only meant objectively.

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