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brotchie
8 days ago
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AI needs $6T in annual revenue to justify data cen...
Global electricity provider revenue is $7T, so $6T for a whole new horizontal category of "thing" isn't unreasonable.
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jimmyjazz14
8 days ago
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Yes but for most people electricity is an absolute necessity, the average person could easily live without AI should it disappear from their lives.
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redox99
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The target is not the average person, its companies replacing half their work force with agents.
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jimmyjazz14
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sure but that is still less than the total users of electricity.
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