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Absolute bullshit. A giant data center that nobody wants had promised not to use Colorado River water when it was planned. Now, they'd like to divert that water to cool their data center, closing farms and putting people out of work. If we as humans choose environment-destroying AI over food and people... what are we even doing!?
playing a really shitty game of the prisoner's paradox
The same thing we have been doing for so, so long at this point; choosing capital over life. Why would that suddenly change?