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by ck2 9 days ago
I read somewhere this morning there is now more spending on datacenter infrastructure for "AI" in the US than all other infrastructure combined, roads, bridges, ship ports, etc.

Sounds plausible but I doubt it outmatches ICE warehouse concentration camp spending

Which is now the future of this country unless we force a course correction, by 2029 you'll drive down highways and it will just be one datacenter and ICE prison warehouse after another

I do not understand why you need as many GPUs powered up than people in the country or even a 1:10 ratio, it's all going to sit idle until they find something practical to do with "AI" other than entertainment purposes because it's not profitable, how are they going to monetize it, they cannot