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FYI: data centers are physically destroying books
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Anonymous 20h

those who destroy books are never the good guys

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Anonymous 21h

And the planet.

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Anonymous 15h

And state parks☹️

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Anonymous 11h

Another day another horror

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Anonymous 4h

Rare book too, out of print and old editions. This opens the door to the rapid creation of lost media. And to be clear, these companies do not NEED to destroy the book to scan it, they just do it to save time and money, and screw everything else, as AI companies always do.

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Anonymous replying to -> #1 14h

they are destroying books but we need to stop attacking from angles that just aren’t true. there are legitimate reasons to not be down with mass data center expansion. saying they use electricity and water are not it.

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Anonymous replying to -> #4 14h

water and electricity are among dozens of reasons why we hate them

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Anonymous replying to -> OP 14h

they are not. our degradation of executive functioning and reliance on AI and what that means for our brains longterm are. plenty of legitimate reason to be weary of and against AI, eating obvious psyops are not good reasons and they don’t stand against any scrutiny over here yapping about Y2K like the clankers are doing more harm than Canada’s lack of forest management. they aren’t.

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Anonymous replying to -> #4 13h

Never thought I’d find an AI bootlicker on a book club page. I tend to assume readers are intelligent.

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Anonymous replying to -> #4 13h

how can you possibly be defending data centers

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Anonymous replying to -> its_pinkie_pie 13h

it’s the end of the world as we know it 🕺💃

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Anonymous replying to -> #5 13h

bootlicker is when expressing the danger and cognitive repercussions AI represents and dissuading, presumably semi intelligent, people from using bad arguments that do not stand up to critique

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Anonymous replying to -> #4 12h

you’re right, because AI data centers water usage and environmental impact is a smaller issue compared to others we shouldn’t worry about it at all. Anyways i’m going to go not recycle since i’m one person who won’t be able to make any difference…. do you see how you sound

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Anonymous replying to -> #2 12h

worrying about maximizing what equates to an insignificant portion of said problem in the most generous of estimates is pointless. yes. sorry. we should be taking care of the nuclear development that’s coinciding with data center development and focusing on what end user access entails. not pissing and moaning about less environmental waste than you actively contribute to by using the slave mined rare earth minerals and satellite access in your hands that you reinforce with every response

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Anonymous replying to -> OP 12h

well this app wouldn’t exist without data centers, nether would google or any other social media you use. the entire world runs on data centers, they’re not going anywhere.

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Anonymous replying to -> #7 11h

ong

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Anonymous replying to -> #6 11h

good, these apps should have never existed

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Anonymous replying to -> #2 10h

Every modern-day medical system also runs on data centers so that’s not exactly a great argument to make. MRIs don’t magically teleport from one computer to another, or patient data, etc

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Anonymous replying to -> #6 9h

i think its fairly obvious from current climate regarding ai that OP was referencing AI data centers specifically. i think its common sense that the internet runs because there are data centers.

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Anonymous replying to -> #8 9h

it’s not. very common to hear lay and old people ask why AI isn’t just stored “in the cloud”

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Anonymous replying to -> its_pinkie_pie 8h

omg didnt expect to see a fellow texan in here ngl

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Anonymous replying to -> #9 8h

Oh yk, just love to bleed purple and spread love and laughter everywhere🧁✨

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Anonymous replying to -> #4 7h

AI is bad. Full stop. Data centers and gen ai are speeding up the decline of our planet and if you’re too dense to see that it tracks that you’re an AI lover. Now go cry to your ai gf.

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Anonymous replying to -> #5 7h

automobiles are the future and there’s nothing you can do to stop them. the best we can do is hope to push them in a positive direction to benefit us all. now stop being an insolent child and face our reality from a grounded perspective. not crying the waves are gonna ruin your sand castle.

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Anonymous replying to -> its_pinkie_pie 7h

hells yeah, keep it up queen 🦄👑

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