They’re rapidly being converted into generators to meet A.I.’s insatiable demand for electricity. Environmentalists call it a step backward.

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    7 days ago

    AI will have much harder time to get properly mainstream.

    If that’s your goal, I don’t think it is worth the effort. I think that ship has sailed. AI isn’t going away. Ruining one companies free tier product isn’t going to stop AI adoption by the world.

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      There are geographical differences. Locally i can only see larger adoption in music and software industry. Everywhere else there are just low tier chatbots doing really simple customer service stuff.

      AI industry needs the “average Joe” to get dependant on his personal agent that his paying for. I’m not seeing that yet on any level.