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OpenAI wants all the gas power — and prices go up (pivot-to-ai.com)

submitted 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) by dgerard@awful.systems to c/techtakes@awful.systems

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a machine for spending money as fast as possible

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gag3vzDiHRs&list=UU9rJrMVgcXTfa8xuMnbhAEA - video
https://pivottoai.libsyn.com/20251004-openai-wants-all-the-gas-power-consumer-prices-rise - podcast

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[–] swlabr@awful.systems 8 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Take I've seen in the wild from an AI concern troll: power prices and emissions going up is bad, and it's the fault of anti-AI people for overestimating the energy costs. This is also why we need nuclear power, because it's the only way to cut into the profits of fossil fuel companies.

[–] fullsquare@awful.systems 6 points 2 days ago (1 children)

i'm all in for banning ai dc buildout until they build all the required nuclear powerplants

[–] swlabr@awful.systems 4 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

are all of my political opinions based on resource management in RTS games??? it would explain all the pylons I’ve warped in around my house

Let’s aim higher. No AI dcs until we are warp capable