slothrop, Maybe there´s one real benefit to the current AI hype:
These systems consume ridiculous amounts of electricity. They´re also run by some of the richest corporations on Earth.
As a result, those corporations invest money into boosting the supply of electricity: driving grid improvements, and financing new generating technologies, e.g. by committing to buy the electricity that the newbies will produce.
https://www.economist.com/business/2024/05/05/big-techs-great-ai-power-grab (may be paywalled)
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