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hunter

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3. Only a small fraction of all this computing power will be used for science.

Reply to NNadir (Original post)

Fri Jan 16, 2026, 04:24 PM

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Most of it will be used for entertainment, consumer surveillance, and numerous pernicious uses.

We're already seeing AI produced propaganda here on DU. YouTube is flooded with AI produced videos, purporting to be true, that have little basis in reality.

More efficient and/or less expensive solar cells and batteries will not, of course, "save the world" and are only prolonging our dependence on fossil fuels.

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Should We Relax Our Server Contempt If Used to Understand Batteries and Solar Cells? [View all] NNadir Thursday OP

No is my uneducated answer to your thread question. quaint Friday #1

I would caution anyone from opposing a technology based on a lack of understanding it. NNadir Friday #2

Only a small fraction of all this computing power will be used for science. hunter Friday #3

It would be interesting to know what that fraction actually is. The most powerful computers in the world... NNadir Friday #4