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Why Tech Companies Are Joining the GOP-Oil Alliance
Submitted 5 weeks ago by chobeat@lemmy.ml to technology@beehaw.org
https://newrepublic.com/article/191506/musk-bezos-pichai-zuckerberg-microsoft-trump-climate
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ErsatzCoalButter@beehaw.org 5 weeks ago
drwho@beehaw.org 5 weeks ago
The purpose of a company is to make money.
By selling out they stand to make even more money.
megopie@beehaw.org 5 weeks ago
Previously there was an obvious cap on the value proposition to scaling data centers, mainly, that they needed population centers nearby who would need storage or processing for thin film devices. Latency is important for these kinds of things, so they need to be near to the demands
Now they think they can make value regardless of demand from local population, through training weights for models, or running models and sending the output to population centers. So suddenly the cost of power to run the systems is what matters, and the most profitable (not the cheapest or most efficient) is fossil fuel.
They see dollar signs with the opportunity to turn power directly in to value without the need for people nearby.
It’ll be really embarrassing for them as the consumer market continues to fails to show interest in the outputs they’re making.
VinesNFluff@pawb.social 5 weeks ago
Insert SpongeBob clip of Mr. Krabs saying “MONIE!”
some_guy@lemmy.sdf.org 5 weeks ago
Greed.
ApeNo1@lemm.ee 5 weeks ago
(Feeds article into an AI document summarisation tool)
Summary: Because money.
SuluBeddu@feddit.it 5 weeks ago
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Sauerkraut@discuss.tchncs.de 5 weeks ago
Because of insatiable greed, aka gold sickness aka “profit motive” of capitalism