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AI datacenters putting zero emissions promises out of reach (www.theregister.com)
submitted 1 day ago by [email protected] to c/technology
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[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 day ago (1 children)

No mention of a few corpos going for nuclear as a power source for said datacenters?

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Of course not. People want to be angry at AI, nuance would interfere with the dopamine hit.

[–] Passerby6497 3 points 1 day ago

Or maybe a few of them doing the right thing doesn't outweigh the harm that the rest are doing.

It doesn't matter how much work I'm doing to patch up holes in a sinking boat if 12 other people are actively drilling holes in the boat.