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[–] [email protected] 31 points 3 months ago (2 children)

so you are saying ai is destroying the planet for nothing?!

[–] [email protected] 24 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Literally the same business model as Bitcoin.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Funny how it also caused a massive demand spike for gpus

[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 months ago (1 children)

why's that funny? it's because of what GPUs do.. namely massively parallel computations

[–] [email protected] 5 points 3 months ago (1 children)

We also got news from Trump of a huge tariff to all chips manufactured outside the US, so that may be panic buying as well.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 3 months ago

ah! i hadn't heard of that

[–] [email protected] 15 points 3 months ago

Not for nothing - for the investment portfolio of energy investors. You know, the highest priority of all.