https://www.theregister.com/2024/06/28/bill_gates_ai_power_consumption/

  • ButtBidet [he/him]
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    5 months ago

    will ultimately identify ways to cut power consumption

    The poors will be forced to turn off the heat in winter

    • Findom_DeLuise [she/her, they/them]
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      5 months ago

      Field reliability call center workers will be replaced with IVR systems integrated with generative text-to-speech prompts. Some numbnuts telecom sub-subcontractor is going to call in a line locate, get a complete gibberish answer from the bazinga machine, and start boring right into a gas main, thus sending everything in a three-block radius to Valhalla. But the energy corporations' CEOs will get to line their own pockets with some investment money in the meantime, as hedgies salivate over power and gas stonks getting in on the AI hype train. The C-suite goons will get golden parachutes while the workers shoulder the blame for upper management's shitty decisions.