Subj : Re: Chinese Scientists Cr
To   : Ron L.
From : Aaron Thomas
Date : Fri Feb 21 2025 19:36:36

 RL>  AT> I'm concerned about doubling the electric consumption. It sounds like
 RL>  AT> higher electric bills (but they're already out of whack) and we're al
 RL>  AT> going to double the amount of nuclear waste that we'll have to store.
 RL> 
 RL> The real problem is the grid.  It's already stretched thin and the
 RL> tree-huggers won't want to update/expand it.  More electricity is not
 RL> useful if you can't get it to those who need it.

I think I got the story wrong.. It's not that we need to double our electricity, but it's the AI data centers that need to double their electricity. So hopefully this won't affect us financially any time soon.

But I strongly distrust the premise of "AI is to make our lives better." I strongly suspect that all the talk about it is to ease us into coming to terms with robot warfare. (Who cares if China is ahead of us in technology? It only matter if it's a security issue!)

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