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people on the AMA asked me what I think of AI so far. here's my current view:

It's a quantum state of simulatenous being overhyped, underhyped and oppropriately hyped. I find I can't use it for low level C stuff without it messing everything up and slowing me down, while simulateneously producing really good code for fixing bugs and writing tests.

I hate it and love it. I hate fixing the slop but I like that it is getting the code written that I don't want to write.

One things for sure, it's not going away, and it's only going to get better.

Zen<3lofi 0mo ago

https://techpolicy.press/data-center-boom-risks-health-of-already-vulnerable-communities

AI data centers cause a lot of pollution

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jb55 0mo ago

yeah but they will all be eventually powered by SMRs, same as Bitcoin miners

Zen<3lofi 3w ago

if true, that’s better than nothing I guess. Though I need to look up what SMRs are.

However, based on a video posted to reddit, someone’s grandpa has already died from a respiratory illness related to AI data center pollution. And their young-adult granddaughter now has a serious respiratory illness.

so, the point is, prevention should’ve happened at the start. Because COVID already happened… Canadian wildfires causing nyc skies to turn yellow already happened … plus a whole history of industrial pollution has already happened.

Zen<3lofi 3w ago

https://www.bbc.com/worklife/article/20251008-why-big-tech-is-going-nuclear

SMR = Small Modular Nuclear Reactor

“Why big tech's nuclear plans could blow up” (Oct 2025)

Article summary: it’s complex, risky, difficult to scale. Three Mile Island was mentioned.