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this post was submitted on 02 Apr 2026
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a gigawatt is like enough for say, Pittsburgh. They want to add THIRTY SEVEN new Pittsburgh level sites of power consumption, and that's just the next few years. really hitting the throttle on the ol' global warming
I pray to Atom that they at least open up more nuclear plants.
I pray we do find a good use for nuclear waste. Not to take away your point which is true and sensible as well.
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Good, all AI in its current form does is make people lazy, stupid, and possibly crazy. It has a place, but not as a pale shadow of the dot com bubble.
It has a place, but not as a pale shadow of the dot com bubble.
The "dot com bubble" led to where we are today. Yes there was a massive speculative bubble but 20ish years later look at the number of Trillion dollar companies that came out of it, how ubiquitous the technology is, and how impactful its been on global society.
The potential for those outcomes is why Venture Capital is willing to light hundreds of billions of dollars on fire.
there was value in the dot com though, AI has no such thing.
...AI has no such thing.
People who say this sound just like the people who are still arguing against Solar Panels and Wind Turbines. Neither group wants to accept progress or change and both groups are slowly being crushed by reality.
They're standing shoulder to shoulder with the group of luddites who killed an SMR project by using arguments that were debunked 50 years ago in the hopes that everything will go back to using coal.
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The reason why is simple: The projects were planned at a high level, the engineers checked all the boxes, and the executives pat themselves on the back.
Then they went to order everything and got, "out of stock."
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"Looks like RAM is back on the menu, Boys!"
One eternity later
"Wooo! Alright!!
Where's the games?"
Good.....good.......