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2mo ago

Power shortages mean Ireland will have to choose between AI and housing, says senior Government official

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Power shortages mean Ireland will have to choose between AI and housing, says senior Government official

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Damn that's a really tough decision.
- Actually no. AI is going to perform all work in the future, so what would we need to keep alive and house humans for? /s
- "Let them eat cloud."
Unfortunately this completely lacks any background information.
Ireland is a prime location for offshore wind power so the idea that there would be a structural power shortage seems implausible without further info.
Either way cutting down on data centers and AI slop wasting energy is a reasonable thing to do, no matter where in the world.
- They're building an offshore wind farm very near me but Jesus it's slow going and a bunch of NIMBYs are objecting to it on aesthetic grounds.
  It would be political suicide for the current government to prioritise almost anything over housing at this point. We've had a housing crisis here for over a decade.
I hate how we can't be sure which one they'll choose.
- I hate how I am sure which one they'll choose.
I pick housing.
Wdym "choose"?
I'm gonna go with more power generation capacity.
AI trash has to start creating code to optimise itself or it can fuck off
- it already has

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