5 Comments
⭠ Return to thread

Thank you for these numbers. I have wondered lately what the power consumption of the ridiculous bitcoin mines might be. How to destroy the world in several ways...........

Expand full comment

Just wait till AI really kicks in…….

Expand full comment

What's being done with AI by bad actors is already making the internet nearly uninhabitable. Nowadays, the proper way to meet new "people" on the net is under the Code Napoleon - they're guilty till they prove themselves innocent. Starting with proving they are who they say they are.

Expand full comment

We already have to have evidence that a contact is human and not a bot. Sadly, some humans are more bot like. Now we have to add another dimension to the equation. Think I’ll stick to animals.

Expand full comment

True. Though I think the real threat will be in information control and censorship by either 1) automatically deleting unfavored viewpoints & information or swamping them with automated responses and 2) the overtly altering of the digital texts and information in these large centralized databases. Worse yet, if we move to CDBC, there will be little to stop the implementation of a social credit system and the computing power to pull it off.

However, I was referring to the power consumption that will be required by AI. It will make that required by bitcoin mining minor.

Expand full comment