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Power-hungry AI is putting the hurt on global electricity supply (arstechnica.com)
submitted 9 months ago by boem to c/technology
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[–] cm0002 -1 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

True, but the research put into such things does translate into other far more beneficial areas. I say let those corporations spend the billions of dollars, eventually the consumer side will peter out but the knock-on effects for AI in science will continue for years to come