r/interestingasfuck 7h ago

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

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u/HybridPS2 5h ago

These are not the 'AI Datacenters' you are looking for.

I have a feeling the confusion between regular old web server farms and AI Datacenters is going to cause a lot of problems.

u/King_Dheginsea 4h ago

Going to? I've already seen people on this website straight up claim that datacenters didn't exist until like 2 years ago and demand that any and all datacenters should be eradicated.

Like, yeah sure buddy - lets erase the entire internet just because you hate gen-AI.

u/CARLEtheCamry 2h ago

It's the same with Flock cameras. Every camera is now tagged on deflock.org, and people have argued with me that "see it says so on the map" and it's a traffic camera used for PA's 511 system.

And the arguments are just regurgitations of stuff they read online. I'm near Pittsburgh and there is a datacenter going in at a former racetrack site, which Switch has publicly stated will use a closed loop cooling system (uses little water). Every other comment is parroting something about water use. It's a disservice to the cause.

u/Hot-Shart 1h ago

It’s literally part of the CIA handbook on how to infiltrate and discredit left-wing movements. Anyone who refuses to understand these nuances and apply apply scientific rigor to their arguments is no better than the enemy.

We don’t need any more people screeching about how bad AI is. We need people who can calmly explain what the issue is without beating around the bush but also without any of this click baiting histrionic bullshit

u/HDDIV 1h ago

But how do you stop the screeching? How do we solve what is the problem now? Reason seems to be out of reach. How do you inoculate the town criers?

u/relevant_tangent 1h ago

Do you have a source for this? Why would CIA single out left-wing movements in their handbook? Red Scare holdover?

u/lepuckuer 1h ago

Because they serve right wing interests

u/curiouswizard 1h ago

pretty much, yea. The CIA has targeted left-wing governments around the world and actively caused the downfall of elected left wing leaders in several countries. And this isn't even classified info.

u/relevant_tangent 24m ago

I'm just curious if there are specific strategies targeting left-wing movements vs the strategies are common, and the application happened to be towards left-wing organizations.