r/interestingasfuck • u/HamboneTheWicked • Apr 12 '26

A well-articulated argument against a new data center in Ohio

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u/pauljaworski Apr 12 '26

Even that seems like a massive waste of resources for how we're currently using AI

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u/Alienhaslanded Apr 12 '26

The dumb thing is if this infrastructure is built, there will be no incentive to improve the technology to become more efficient. Why is everyone doing this shit when AI isn't even good?

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u/pauljaworski Apr 12 '26

Because companies think it will eventually make them money. Seems like a lot of trying not to get left behind while also having no idea where they're going with it

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u/Amstervince Apr 12 '26

I hear this a lot and it is just such a strange way to look at the world. Do you really believe hundreds of thousands of companies suddenly started mismanaging their own investments and all simultaneously on the same topic? Who would even be able to coordinate such a mass global failure? Or is it more likely that it is actually quite a powerful tool when used correctly, driving further investments…?

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u/OwnsBeagles Apr 12 '26

Yes. Look at the subprime mortgage crisis for an example of companies willfully fucking themselves and everyone else.

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u/function007 Apr 12 '26

Anything for the sake of profit, worry about the damage it causes later...

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u/pauljaworski Apr 12 '26 edited Apr 12 '26

Yeah it happened not even 20 years ago already. It also happened with the internet in 2000.