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More and more mainstream analysts are identifying the coming AI crash, which is a good indication that it will happen soon.

So, what happens to all the data centers? They are already built but probably very expensive to maintain. Will many of them just be abandoned? Bought up by cloud computing companies? Scammers? Crypto miners? Can they be parted out and sold off piecemeal?

Will they be put to some productive use, or just become massive e-waste sites left to the locals to deal with?

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[–] Devadander@lemmy.world 1 points 3 months ago
[–] quitthebiz@lemmy.world 1 points 3 months ago

Do they come with water rights? Is that the grift behind the grift?

[–] WorldsDumbestMan@lemmy.today 1 points 3 months ago

A lot of green growth, as we die off from the aftermath of what they did.

[–] jaybone@lemmy.zip 1 points 3 months ago

I bet Walmart would like to turn them into new stores. Too bad the economy will be in such bad shape the average consumer won’t be able to afford a can of dog shit.

[–] robomuffin79@lemmy.world 1 points 3 months ago

Prison camps

[–] lennybird@lemmy.world 0 points 3 months ago

Concentration camp warehouses, of course!

[–] Psiczar@aussie.zone -1 points 3 months ago (8 children)

AI isn’t going away, there may be some consolidation of providers and right sizing of costs but AI is here to stay. Too many big companies have invested too much for it to fail.

[–] gwl@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 points 3 months ago (1 children)

They said that about so many other things in the past

[–] Psiczar@aussie.zone 1 points 3 months ago (1 children)
[–] gwl@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 points 3 months ago (1 children)
  • fully CGI movies
  • coal mines
  • British Steel
  • American Steel
  • Enron

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Too_big_to_fail

[–] Psiczar@aussie.zone 1 points 3 months ago (1 children)

But we still have CGI movies, we still have coal mining companies, and we still have steel manufacturing companies. AI companies may fail, but the AI industry will continue, which was my point.

[–] gwl@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (7 children)

Aye, and there's still slavery too.

But there's far far far far far far far far far far less of it than before the "too big to fail" bubble burst.

And what's left of it is niche and specialist, such as Prison.

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[–] Itdidnttrickledown@lemmy.world 1 points 3 months ago

When its really AI and turns into something mature and clearly useful I will use it. Until they come up with real AI I will continue to point and laugh.

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