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US Slows Plans To Retire Coal-Fired Plants as Power Demand From AI Surges (news.slashdot.org)
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[โ€“] Blackout@kbin.run 4 points 5 months ago (1 children)

What kind of world are we going to leave behind for the AI though?

[โ€“] misk@sopuli.xyz 4 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

It'll be a coal-powered Dyson sphere sustaining data center tasked with generating pictures of celebrity porn, Jesus, flight attendants, babies and seafood. By then AI will enjoy them as much as my mother does.