Power-hungry AI boom making power grids dirtier, less reliable
"As Bloomberg notes, data centers already consumed more power than entire nations like Italy and Taiwan in 2023, and their energy demand has surged more than seven-fold since 2008, even as chips become more energy-efficient."
The same amount of energy as entire countries. Wow.
OpenAI CTO: AI Could Kill Some Creative Jobs That Maybe Shouldn't Exist Anyway
""Some creative jobs maybe will go away, but maybe they shouldn't have been there in the first place," the CTO said of AI's role in the workplace. "I really believe that using it as a tool for education, [and] creativity, will expand our intelligence.""
Can't say I'm surprised. They've already shown they don't care.
The worst kind of tech hype is when something is portrayed as inevitable and unstoppable, with criticism or doubt blithely dismissed as "they don't get it".
Just because a giant tech company pours vast amounts of money down a toilet, that doesn't mean the toilet is going to start spewing gold coins into the air.
Maryland Apple Store Employees Vote in Favor of Strike
It’s been a busy weekend for union organizing efforts at U.S. Apple stores, with the union at one store voting to authorize a strike, while workers at another store voted against forming a union. https://t.ly/btWHh
Folks are starting to return their $3,500 Vision Pro headsets, citing:
lack of comfort while wearing it
"constant headaches and eye strain"
and not enough "productivity relative to the price"
"Two hours after unboxing my Apple Vision Pro and using it, I decided to box it back up again and return it [...] there's nothing in it for me that I'll use frequently enough [...]"