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jppopeyesterday at 7:41 PM3 repliesview on HN

This may just be me... but is anyone else in their head saying: "whats the catch?"

~~Meta~~ Facebook has made their money by de-stabilizing people's emotional state to keep them engaged and buying stuff via ads. I'm having a tough time connecting the dots between that and nuclear power.


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morcusyesterday at 7:43 PM

"AI" is in the title. It's to power their data centers.

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lostloginyesterday at 9:51 PM

In terms of $ per unit of energy, would shutting down Meta give best bang for buck?

Power prices would presumably fall.

giancarlostoroyesterday at 7:42 PM

So they can power all the AI data centers.