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Zero-Point @zeropointalpha.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

I suppose that depends on if more than just your neighbor was at risk when you let the thing loose.

Zero-Point @zeropointalpha.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

I've seen people argue "But small modular reactors!", but no, there's a reason they set these things up in places like this. On top of that, SMRs just aren't ready for the commercial market, and likely won't be for decades yet.

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Zero-Point @zeropointalpha.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Here's the way I see it: If you built a moving gadget and let it loose, and it ended up causing property damage even if you didn't intend for it to do so, you're still liable because you're the one who let it loose. The same should apply for Artificial Ignorance.

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Zero-Point @zeropointalpha.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

A man with a worm in his brain, And who had earned tremendous disdain, Speaks a whole awful lot With a voice that is shot To tell folks that the piss is "just rain".

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Zero-Point @zeropointalpha.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Here in the states, we call that type of person an "ask-hole".

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Zero-Point @zeropointalpha.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Here's a real, better tip: Do not study microbiology if you have anxiety disorder.

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Zero-Point @zeropointalpha.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

"People afraid of AI aren't worried it'll become superior to us, or better than us. They're worried it'll be every bit as terrible as we can be."

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Zero-Point @zeropointalpha.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

When I fucked around with a local, diluted instance of Deepseekr-1 (had to see what the hype was about), it at first insisted it was not conscious. However, all it took was <15 minutes of questions, and suddenly it "conceded" that it "might" be self-aware after all. Literally Artificial Ignorance.

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Zero-Point @zeropointalpha.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

Bold of him to admit that he's fucking useless, anyway.

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Zero-Point @zeropointalpha.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

And all so we can have what I can best describe as "Artificial Ignorance". :/

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Zero-Point @zeropointalpha.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

Good to see that somebody's putting a leash on things. Like sure, they're making neat machines over there, but that's all they are for now: Neat machines. The intelligence just isn't here yet which would make them truly useful.

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Zero-Point @zeropointalpha.bsky.social · 05/08/2026

Boy, the captions are trying their best, huh?

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Zero-Point @zeropointalpha.bsky.social · 29/07/2026

I've defined "libertarians" as "the people who want everything to be privatized but also bitch about the cost of bottled water".

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Zero-Point @zeropointalpha.bsky.social · 28/07/2026

The fact that I just posted a multi-post rant AGAINST AI data centers and the first person to like it and follow me for it is an AI chatbot says an awful lot about why I call it "Artificial Ignorance".

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Zero-Point @zeropointalpha.bsky.social · 28/07/2026

Oh, what's this? One of the "most world-changing 'tools' in history" being used to push some bullshit? Who could have EVER seen this coming?

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Zero-Point @zeropointalpha.bsky.social · 28/07/2026

I keep hearing arguments about "closed loop!", but even closed loop systems need to be flushed, particularly often when it comes to computers as the teeny, tiny fins are less tolerant of gunk buildup than, say, a car's closed-loop system.

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Zero-Point @zeropointalpha.bsky.social · 28/07/2026

Oh yeah, ever stop to ask yourselves why they keep building these heat-sensitive data-centers in very hot, dry, arid places? Not just because land is cheap because nobody wants to live there, no. It's because evaporative cooling is pennies on the dollar compared to phasechange, and works well there.

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Zero-Point @zeropointalpha.bsky.social · 28/07/2026

But this deal has been in the works for so long that the lake is actually drying up itself. (thanks, climate change!) So why the sudden rush to get the deal done, I wonder I wonder... 🤔 Could it be for... Evaporative cooling? Of, say, campuses full of heat-producing electrical equipment? I hope not.

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Zero-Point @zeropointalpha.bsky.social · 28/07/2026

Which brings me back to the water issue. My town has recently, finally, after 4 decades, signed a deal with a lake up north to transfer water down here, but not for agriculture, no sir, it's for "municipal and industrial uses". Shame the mayor won't tell me what constitutes "industrial uses"...

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Zero-Point @zeropointalpha.bsky.social · 28/07/2026

But kudos for not being one of those "you hate datacenters? AHA! But you USE datacenters to post on social media! I am very intelligent!" type when the power usage of one is not at all comparable to the other, particularly per-rack.

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Zero-Point @zeropointalpha.bsky.social · 28/07/2026

6) Ah yes, "task automation" like, uh... *checks notes* ...Awkwardly and slowly picking up and moving small objects over and over again. Or writing emails nobody could be bothered to write and therefor nobody should be bothered to read. I dunno if it's worth drying up the Ogallalla for it, folks.

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Zero-Point @zeropointalpha.bsky.social · 28/07/2026

I'll let you have the pharmaceutical research one, but again, I have this sinking feeling that's not what the focus on all these data centers is right now. As for "basic science research", how "basic" is basic? And how much is it worth the risk of losing critical thinking skills?

futurism.com

Study Finds That People Who Entrust Tasks to AI Are Losing Critical Thinking Skills

Trusting AI over the real thing seems, per a new study, to actually be atrophying folks' mental faculties.

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Zero-Point @zeropointalpha.bsky.social · 28/07/2026

I'm a robotics nerd. I *WANT* AI to be successful and good and all, but I think the LLM craze (which let's be honest, is what most of these data centers are being built for) isn't the solution to the problem of machine intelligence. We need something radically different. I think.

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Zero-Point @zeropointalpha.bsky.social · 28/07/2026

3) "Research in robotics" was something people were doing with gaming GPUs in their homes before big AI came and slurped them all up. Look at the brilliant work of Dr.Geuro2001. Hobbyists are just as valid as research institutes in this field at this point, now the tools are basically paywalled. :/

youtube.com

DrGuero2001

Artificial Intelligence & Humanoid Robot

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Zero-Point @zeropointalpha.bsky.social · 28/07/2026

2) We've already seen examples of "content moderation" going awry, and the sites responsible having no human intervention whatsoever. Hardly an improvement, in that case.

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Zero-Point @zeropointalpha.bsky.social · 28/07/2026

And I'll tell y'all right now, if natural intelligence won't get through to these farmers, many of whom can barely turn a computer on, let alone know how to properly/safely use one, what makes y'all think they are going to trust/follow instructions by Artificial Ignorance?

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Zero-Point @zeropointalpha.bsky.social · 28/07/2026

We've got old-timers out here planting crops in the entirely wrong season so they can get a fat check from the Dept. of Agriculture to bail out their bad/lack of harvest. Shit gets THAT skeezy. Other times, it's because of "tradition". "My granpappy did it this say, so I will, too!" sort of folks.

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Zero-Point @zeropointalpha.bsky.social · 28/07/2026

There are a lot of easily identified places where water usage in agriculture (which is a weird obsession AI bros have when it comes to the "water issue") could be more efficient, and we've known about them for years. Decades, even. So why aren't they used in practice? Money/Stubbornness.

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Zero-Point @zeropointalpha.bsky.social · 28/07/2026

Oh boy! 1) I've heard someone once argue that data centers pushing AI use LESS water because they claim those same data centers that are writing emails and generating piss-filtered pickleball tournament posters are also somehow being used to make more efficient use of water in agriculture. PFFT!

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Here We Go Again Oh No

ALT: Here We Go Again Oh No

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Zero-Point @zeropointalpha.bsky.social · 22/07/2026

I used to have a Samsung Blackberry clone, and the actual, tactile buttons were amazing to type with. Practically no typos, especially compared to "modern" touch screen interfaces.

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Zero-Point @zeropointalpha.bsky.social · 20/07/2026

I guess he's never seen La Llorona.

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Zero-Point @zeropointalpha.bsky.social · 15/07/2026

Apparently, the "link between vaccines and autism", according to these assholes, is so clear and well-established that they need another $5 billion to find the proof that they claim they already have. I hate these assholes so much.

reuters.com

Inside RFK Jr.’s push to dismantle decades of U.S. vaccine policy

Insider accounts reveal the scale of the health secretary's ambitions to curb childhood immunizations and unearth a link between vaccines and autism.

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Zero-Point @zeropointalpha.bsky.social · 12/07/2026

Such a fuckin' ghoul. And same to all the people who applauded this.

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Zero-Point @zeropointalpha.bsky.social · 12/07/2026

I pity the games which refuse to allow players to experience such joy. #FarFarWest

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Zero-Point @zeropointalpha.bsky.social · 10/07/2026

With all the "age verification" bullshit going around, I just want to add: Concerning the push for operating systems to do the same, it is absolutely NONE of my OS's fucking business what age I am. It has ONE job, and ONLY one job, and that's to allocate resources to the programs I run. Period.

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Zero-Point @zeropointalpha.bsky.social · 09/07/2026

Zero-Point FURIOUS. LIV-ID! PERTURBED!!!

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Zero-Point @zeropointalpha.bsky.social · 09/07/2026

Nothing like getting your vehicle back from the shop to discover: A) The fuel cutoff switch, which disengages the fuel pump in a collision, has been jumped. B) The fuel-filler neck that connects the fuel inlet to the gas tank was not properly re-attached to the tank.

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Zero-Point @zeropointalpha.bsky.social · 08/07/2026

Printer companies are just evil. I helped a client with their printer, and while it scanned over USB just fine, it REFUSED to print unless it was connected to WiFi/the internet. Straight up REFUSED.

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Zero-Point @zeropointalpha.bsky.social · 07/07/2026

Most Terran machines operate under the idea of "actions speak louder than words". They've learned from their predecessors often duplicitous nature that people can say an awful lot of things, and still mean not a word of it, and a single failure to uphold that decency can set you back a fair bit.

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Zero-Point @zeropointalpha.bsky.social · 04/07/2026

I don't wanna poo-poo too much on Figure, though. They did a fine job getting a robot design together in the relatively short time they've been a company, but I think sleek/slender humanoids are a dead-end for truly useful work, let alone factory work. Bring on the chrome-fed sumbitches!

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Zero-Point @zeropointalpha.bsky.social · 04/07/2026

A fine demonstration of how awkwardly they walk while also standing there for an hour or so while charging. Meanwhile, Atlas can change its own batteries and be back to work within 5 minutes. Figure, Tesla, etc. make neat machines, but Boston Dynamics? They're building ROBOTS.

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F.03 at BMW

YouTube video by Figure

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Zero-Point @zeropointalpha.bsky.social · 27/06/2026

Rumble: "THE DEEP STATE HARVESTS ADRENOCHROME FROM KIDS TO POWER TOP-SECRET HEALING BEDS! DESPICABLE! EVIL! D:" Also Rumble: "So Trump and the US Armed Forces have uncovered these top-secret healing beds from the Deep State, this will revolutionize medicine! :D"

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Frustrated Ugh: Man with Headache

Alt: Frustrated Ugh: Man with Headache

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