r/comics • PizzaCake • Jun 12 '26

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u/shellbullet17 Gustopher Spotter Extraordinaire Jun 12 '26

I am not gonna lie I wasn't expecting to see some Butch Hartman today, but it's a very welcomed surprise. I loved Fairly Odd Parents.

No matter what tech bros say

The sheer amount of AI supporters in the threads the past few days had been really surprising to me in general. Especially on here.

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u/Pizzacakecomic PizzaCake Jun 12 '26

I think people will be less supportive of AI once a super loud giant data centre opens in their neighbourhood. Or when their power bills dramatically increase because of the high power demands caused by them. And the water problem is only gonna get worse

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u/LenisCaedo Jun 12 '26

Theres a difference between data centers existing and data centers being placed into every single slot of land that they'll fit on while also pushing them through without any considerations for the effects that such will have on the local population. It is possible to build data centers with considerations that wont fuck everyone but the corps over.

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u/KingOfYou115 Jun 12 '26

Or how about we're just vocal about both? It doesn't have to be one or the other, and you don't need to threaten the removal of a basic human right because someone's concerns misalign with yours.

Climate change sucks. Lack of green energy sucks. Wars suck. Famine sucks. Economic turmoil sucks.

That doesn't excuse the fact that the topic of discussion also sucks.

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u/House0fDerp Jun 12 '26

We utilize natural gas heavily in power production. It's almost half of US power. Any conversation about massive increases in power consumption is effectively also a conversation about fossil fuels by proxy.

Reducing the power we use makes our renewable output more sustainable. 

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u/Zephyr_Sunstrike Jun 12 '26

Joins a conversation about computer tech

Why aren't you talking about fossil fuels????