"As AI companies work furiously to improve the intelligence and usefulness of their products, their demand for cheap, plentiful energy has skyrocketed. This gold rush has been extremely profitable for an unlikely beneficiary: Bitcoin miners."
https://time.com/6993603/ai-bitcoin-mining-artificial-intelligence-energy-use/
AI and bitcoin, a marriage of pure evil made in environmental hell. But to an AI grifter, it's always about making the fastest buck.
Gerry McGovern /
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