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Re:As AI booms, land near nuclear power plants becomes hot r... by ajmurmann on Monday March 25, 2024 @07:24PM (#39822439)
"These products need to be taxed to price in these externalities we can’t keep this up, it’s ridiculous."

The negative externality you are worried about isn't AI, but pollution/carbon emissions. Tax pollution instead of deciding for other people what use case is worth it.

Edit: To be clear, I am all for this. I'd love to see a massive(!) carbon tax.

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Re:As AI booms, land near nuclear power plants becomes hot r... by bamboozled on Monday March 25, 2024 @07:45PM (#39822578)
Which is fine and I agree but you know that for sure, the power big tech has over US politics means this will never happen.
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