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[–] turdburglar@lemmy.zip 9 points 2 days ago (2 children)

elon is running grok off of generators causing air pollution in south memphis. he is also cooling the computers with the clean memphis sands aquifer drinking water instead of greywater from the plant that he promised to build but hasn’t.

please do not use grok. it is poisoning the city of memphis.

[–] prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 2 days ago

he is also cooling the computers with the clean memphis sands aquifer drinking water instead of greywater from the plant that he promised to build but hasn’t.

Wtf

[–] jeffw@lemmy.world 0 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Maybe I’m an idiot but does computing power for something like this come from just one location?

[–] jaybone@lemmy.zip 1 points 2 days ago (1 children)

It’s a pretty large datacenter. The power consumption is that of a small to medium sized city.

[–] kautau@lemmy.world 4 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

And it’s just pumping out methane nonstop, and especially in a poorer community whereas NIMBY’s would never let this fly in their backyard

https://www.reuters.com/sustainability/boards-policy-regulation/naacp-threatens-sue-elon-musks-xai-over-memphis-air-pollution-2025-06-17/

[–] nthavoc@lemmy.today 4 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (1 children)

Generative AI would be completely worthless if people quit believing all the bullshit it spits out. Critical thinking is the anti-weapon for weaponized AI.

[–] jeffw@lemmy.world 0 points 2 days ago

This guy beat ChatGPT in an argument.

Congrats

[–] tonytins@pawb.social 4 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Even when Grok roasts Elon with facts, it does still resort to ending certain topics with "but both sides do it" as well.

[–] Opinionhaver@feddit.uk 0 points 2 days ago (1 children)

“but both sides do it”

..which for the most part is true, isn't it?

[–] BestBouclettes@jlai.lu 2 points 2 days ago

We definitely didn't see this coming, did we ?

[–] Opinionhaver@feddit.uk 2 points 2 days ago

Should be pretty obvious. That's just the reverse of Gemini's black skinned nazis.

[–] aesthelete@lemmy.world 1 points 2 days ago

Why would anyone think these things are actually objective or intelligent in any way? Why would anyone think that they couldn't be weaponized?