lol, US bitcoin miners are now competing with AI for cheap power in the US (www.bloomberg.com)

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[-] gerikson@awful.systems 41 points 7 months ago

I wish I could say "let them fight" but this is bad for the environment and bad for productive uses of energy so it's more a "whoever wins, we lose" situation.

[-] skillissuer@discuss.tchncs.de 10 points 7 months ago

but can both of them lose?

[-] TheRecruiter@lemmy.world 8 points 7 months ago

Honestly from the get go i was hoping both of them would lose but it seems that isnt the case with AI at least

[-] BlueMonday1984@awful.systems 14 points 7 months ago

Whoever wins, we lose

[-] LEDZeppelin@lemmy.world 7 points 7 months ago

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