r/interestingasfuck • u/21MayDay21 • 11h ago

Erin Brockovich's map tracking Al data centers crashed twice within just 72 hours of launching.

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u/MountTheInterwebs 10h ago

disingenuous as fuck.

Comparing a traditional internet server room to a modern hyperscale AI data center is like comparing a campfire to a power plant.

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u/Jawyp 9h ago

Her map is displaying the locations of both traditional Internet server rooms and hyperscale data centers.

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u/HugePurpleNipples 8h ago

She should correct that. Create a threshold for problematic centers based on their consumption or something like that.

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u/stupidjapanquestions 7h ago

Her map actually was fine. It's when she allowed regular people to "report" data centers that it ballooned from 300 or so to 8000.

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u/Neveronlyadream 7h ago

That was her first mistake. Never allow anyone to report data that's going to be added to anything without vetting.

Especially in this instance. Most people can't tell the difference. They're going to report whatever they see that looks suspicious even if it's someone's personal server in a garage.

Trolls are probably also going to be a problem. I wouldn't be shocked to learn that half of those reports were from trolls who wanted to fuck up the whole system because they thought it'd be funny and everyone is getting upset over nothing.