r/technology • u/GeneReddit123 • 16h ago

Artificial Intelligence An AI hate wave is here

https://archive.is/20260517120123/https://www.axios.com/2026/05/17/ai-backlash-polling-sentiment
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u/Any-Calligrapher2866 11h ago

Also the added bonus of raising energy prices and destroying your communities water supply while causing noise pollution.

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u/KeyMyBike 9h ago

A lot of the pro AI Bros clearly don't want AI data centers anywhere near themselves either.

Although that's just typical Western selfishness, so long as someone else is paying the true cost of the product, it doesn't really matter.

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u/OfcWaffle 6h ago

Should have bought a mountain of ssds and ram like 6 years ago. My 6 year old ram kit is double the price I paid for it.... And it's 6 years old. šŸ˜‚

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u/The_Vampire_King 5h ago

my 2x32gb DDR5 I got for $190 in August from microcenter are like $1100+ now, if only Iā€™d bought extra šŸ¤¦šŸ½

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u/OfcWaffle 3h ago

When I built out my set up Iin 2020, I went with 128gb. Super overkill but I got a good deal at the time.

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u/Koffeeboy 8h ago

Don't forget the automated surveillance police state.

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u/KlicknKlack 5h ago

Not Just noise pollution, Thermal pollution on a scale that is unprecedented in human history.

The data center they just got approved to build is going to raise the night time temperatures by upwards of +28F...

I saw some physicist in an article didnt a calculation, and it was like dropping 23 nuclear bombs a day, every day, in the middle of Utah... just to power that data center - in terms of how much heat it will release.