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Stubsack: weekly thread for sneers not worth an entire post, week ending Sunday 29 September 2024
  • Apparently An Post is the last holdout for crypto/AI/NFT synergy??

    An Post unveils first AI-generated stamps

    An Post has launched two artist-led generative AI-designed stamps featuring crypto technology in a first-ever for Ireland. Designer and AI Artist Kasia Oźmin crafted her visionary interpretation of an imaginary Ireland.

  • Three Mile Island nuclear plant is restarting to power AI for Microsoft
  • Well, it's a hell of a distraction!

    Augh, augh, I'm starting to sound like one of those conspiracy nuts who think Beyoncé times her album releases to distract people from what the illuminati are getting up to. Time to stop....

  • The Bitcoin bros who want to crowdfund a new country
  • Yeah there is no land to "acquire" that isn't already important to somebody, and there is no nation you can create without coming into conflict with existing nations or tribes. Terra nullius doesn't exist!

  • Data centre energy usage has outpaced growth of renewable energy in Ireland
    m.independent.ie Wind and solar energy produced more electricity last year, but data centre usage outpaced progress

    All the extra renewable electricity ­produced in Ireland last year was eaten up by the growth in data centres, new analysis shows.

    Wind and solar energy produced more electricity last year, but data centre usage outpaced progress

    "Total demand for electricity last year grew by 4.4pc, or 1.3 terawatts (TW), but 80pc of that increase, or 1.1TW, was from data centre growth."

    Training data for LLMs = higher energy prices and environmental degradation.

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    Reimagining AI | Planet Critical

    A video interview with the artist John Wild about AI, AGI, eugenics and Silicon Valley TESCREAL cultism. Posting without watching.

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    maol @awful.systems
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