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Microsoft CEO warns that we must 'do something useful' with AI or they'll lose 'social permission' to burn electricity on it (www.pcgamer.com)
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Workers should learn AI skills and companies should use it because it's a "cognitive amplifier," claims Satya Nadella.

in other words please help us, use our AI

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[–] frunch@lemmy.world 1 points 5 hours ago

Interesting! I was under the impression all data centers were causing similar problems, but leave it to the X Man to go the extra mile to really fuck things up. That piece of shit has unlimited money and still pulls shit like this.

Just to add to what you said, it appears Musk is in violation of EPA standards and they may be doing something about it: https://www.techspot.com/news/110971-epa-shuts-down-xai-off-grid-turbine-loophole.html