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Re:Ask HN: Why is the HN crowd so anti-AI? by pj_mukh on Sunday June 07, 2026 @04:38PM (#48438307)
"largest user of electricity"

Compared to what? More than all heavy industry? All residential usage for a given sector? Seems like a tall ask requiring some modeling.

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Re:Ask HN: Why is the HN crowd so anti-AI? by trumpdong on Sunday June 07, 2026 @06:59PM (#48439513)
Yep they think they'll use more than all heavy industry, which they also think they'll make obsolete. The plans are for something like, a DC in every city that each uses as much electricity as the whole state currently does. Yes it's completely insane.
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