Okay folks I've responded to the data center heat island paper. It is the worst study on AI and the environment I've ever read, by far. Thank you to @beijingpalmer.bsky.social for flagging. blog.andymasley.com/p/data-cente...
folks they’re calling it a suicidal mix of isolationism and interventionalism the likes of which the world has never seen
The realist ratchet
If you're going to refuse to use any platform that is using AI for software engineering, you're going to have to stop using the internet pretty soon. This is just the way that development works now, and it's like that because people find it really useful.
God tier move: Give up aid to Israel in exchange for reopening the strait. Oh no Iran you’re really twisting our arm here.