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Mastodon user rails against generative AI and data centers

A Mastodon user expressed strong negative sentiments towards generative AI and data centers, hoping for financial losses for investors and proponents. The user cited concerns about intellectual property theft, significant water and energy consumption contributing to the climate crisis, the generation of false information due to hallucinations, and continuous denial-of-service attacks from AI-feeding bots. The post also included a link to an SBS News article discussing a potential bubble pop in a globally exploding industry. AI

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Mastodon user rails against generative AI and data centers

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  1. Mastodon — mastodon.social TIER_1 English(EN) · [email protected] ·

    i hope every investor, booster, & brown-tongue in/of/for the scourge of gen-ai & data-centres, in merka & everywhere else, completely loses their shirts 😡🖕 http

    i hope every investor, booster, & brown-tongue in/of/for the scourge of gen-ai & data-centres, in merka & everywhere else, completely loses their shirts 😡🖕 https://www. sbs.com.au/news/article/us-vot ers-rejected-a-globally-exploding-industry-will-we-see-a-bubble-pop/f7swqfvf5 Fu…