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The darkside of AI – outages and shortages
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3Another gold rush is underway. Recast as the AI tech boom. Yet, AI is power hungry, a voracious beast consuming vast amounts of electricity. And water [1]. And those gas-fired power plants [2] … Generative AI data centers are expensive to build, expensive to operate, and tax the electric grid and our limited water resources (like the Colorado River). Companies that invest in AI see…
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‘Nutrition’ labels for Internet services – better transparency?
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0Consumer transparency Examples: promo rates, monthly cost bumps after first year, extra charges for exceeding monthly data quota, “typical” Internet speed caveats. This is something that’s always bothered me about high-speed Internet (broadband) service providers. All those promo solicitations in the USPS mail and online – rates which only are for new customers and for 12 months and which do not match the rates on…
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The new year 2024
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02023 was likely the hottest year on record … megadroughts … megafires … megastorms & floods … mega migrations … and all the political & social impacts. In the New Year, complacency is not an option – misinformation exploits hopelessness. • Wired > “Yes, the Climate Crisis Is Now ‘Gobsmacking.’ But So Is Some Progress” by Matt Simon (Dec 27, 2023) – This is the year that “absolutely…
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Merry Christmas 2023
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1My holiday card this year in the cosmic greetings, Santa-in-Space series. What another year … how to handle the challenge of cheer?so, Santa’s adapted, got some new gearamidst all the clutter & clatter,swiftly gauging every matter even the Claus is down with AI,for transport does he deftly relyto artfully supervise a lot,answering wishes by merry chatbot With hands off the reins likely as not,trusting his…