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Karasu

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3. "...including building thousands of new data centers needed to power AI services." Needed? There is no "need" for AI.

Reply to BumRushDaShow (Original post)

Mon Jun 15, 2026, 08:03 PM

11 hrs ago

The so-called AI "race" is horseshit and shouldn't be legitimized. Unless you're a fucking billionaire or a surveillance state fascist, there are no winners in that race.

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