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I based the data center numbers on the updated post, not the retracted post

Why then is there a general negative correlation between the cost of potable water and the population of an area in places where freshwater is plentiful? There's a lot of literatur…

Well that's why I cover things at the national, local, and personal level separately. I think if this were any other industry using 2% of a county's water you wouldn't have much of…

Just as an example, Loudoun County has the most data center concentration in the world by a wide margin, and also has significantly lower water prices than the Virginia average. Se…

The dictionary definition of useful is “Able to be used for a practical purpose or in several ways.” How am I going against this definition?

This is all so strange. You're reading the exact opposite meanings into my really simple posts and comments. I don't know how anyone could read the post and come away thinking I be…

Basically everything I think is here, I think this is all pretty simple and straightforward: https://open.substack.com/pub/andymasley/p/ai-can-be-bad-ove... If you bought a hammer …

I'm really confused about what you're reading into this. I don't "equate" nuclear weapons with video games, I say "here are two completely unrelated things that I'd consider net ba…

I think basically everyone using tobacco knows it's bad for them. They're not stupid. This is another example of people being basically aware of their situations.

I'm not making a claim about whether they're good overall or not, I'm saying 1) Reasonable people can think they're bad overall. 2) It's not reasonable to say they're literally alw…

Sorry this is pretty straightforward. If I'm Kim Jong Un, a nuclear weapon is extremely useful to me. That doesn't mean I think overall a world where nuclear weapons exist is good.…

I mean I say in the post I think it's bad that people are using LLMs to cheat.

I think each are net bad and shouldn't exist yes, but I also think each is useful in specific contexts. Not sure why that's not relevant, it's a direct example of stuff that's usef…

Sorry the energy comment is ridiculously out of context. I've written a deep dive on how small that number is. Do you complain when YouTube videos or video games use similar amount…

There's a ton of stuff I think is useful in specific circumstances but can be bad overall. -Video games: Provide fun, but probably overall bad for society bc people waste too much …

I say in the post I lose respect for people who specifically claim that a billion people are using an app that adds absolutely nothing to their lives each week, not people who disl…

I say in the post I lose respect for people who specifically claim that a billion people are using an app that adds absolutely nothing to their lives each week, not people who disl…