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It’s Time to Stop Taking Sam Altman at His Word (www.theatlantic.com)
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[–] tiny@midwest.social -3 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

AI is worse than crypto. Most crypto projects use proof of stake which is way more resource efficient than mining. Also the mining that does happen usually happens where there is excess generation instead of azure datacenters

[–] droopy4096@lemmy.ca 7 points 1 month ago

some crypto learned to be efficient, others did not. We still do have crypto-mining botnets. Crypto remains to be useless to humanity and very profitable for few. Same with AI. Same with stock market. Instead of producing something of value we keep on burning through resources while selected few enjoy bonfire others have to fight to stay alive...