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[–] ComradeRandy@lemmygrad.ml 7 points 5 days ago (1 children)

Considering the environmental impact AI is generating in the West, I wonder if AI is meant to be the final squeeze of the proletariat before they expect full environmental collapse.

[–] yogthos@lemmygrad.ml 14 points 5 days ago (2 children)

Honestly, I can't see how the AI bubble can last long enough to really make a huge difference in terms of the environment. I think it's rather a last desperate push for the west to try and magic their way out of being completely deindustrialized.

[–] Imreallybored@lemmygrad.ml 3 points 4 days ago

I can forsee the bubble popping and something like Palantir buying up all the data centers for pennies. Could be the point of tripling down.

[–] ComradeRandy@lemmygrad.ml 6 points 5 days ago (1 children)

I agree, I'm just musing on the possibility that there is a growing consensus among the capitalist class that environmental collapse is likely unavoidable at this point.

[–] yogthos@lemmygrad.ml 7 points 5 days ago (1 children)

Oh fur sure, the recent Gates interview kind of lays it out where he says he's no longer worried about climate change.

[–] ComradeRandy@lemmygrad.ml 4 points 5 days ago

Fuck you're exactly right I forgot to incorporate that that was one of the premises I was operating from.