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A "Showerthought" is a simple term used to describe the thoughts that pop into your head while you're doing everyday things like taking a shower, driving, or just daydreaming. The most popular seem to be lighthearted clever little truths, hidden in daily life.
Here are some examples to inspire your own showerthoughts:
- Both “200” and “160” are 2 minutes in microwave math
- When you’re a kid, you don’t realize you’re also watching your mom and dad grow up.
- More dreams have been destroyed by alarm clocks than anything else
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Well if its not concerned with the environment and humanity its kinda dumb. These things have to be maintained and powered and right now that means humans and it needs to use renewable long term just like humans do.
You're talking about corporate leadership, right?
Because AI data centers can actually be built and maintained by robots, robots that can also build nuclear power plants even after the sky is burned and the only carbon based life left on Earth has to hide underground.
they really can't currently. maybe eventually but not currently. they will need robots building robots that build robots and then maybe but I still say we are a good disaster recovery option.
I suspect an AI takeover will have a more Eastern approach than Western, meaning: slowly build advantage across the decades instead of flashy power grabs.