I, For One, Welcome Our New Self-Driving Overlords

11 Replies to “I, For One, Welcome Our New Self-Driving Overlords”

1. I’d like to know how those 9k Microsoft employees laid off yesterday feel about this…
   also,
   How long does it take to build a series of nuclear power generating stations?

   1. For decades we’ve been told nuclear power is dangerous & evil. But now that Bill Gates, Elon Musk, Sam Altman, and other billionaires need it to power AI, it’s suddenly safe & good. Anyone else notice the irony?

      1. At the north entrance to Regina SK there used to be a sign, similar to school zone sized which said,
         “Regina is a nuclear free zone”
         I didn’t see the sign last time I was near there, it’s a block from the North Albert Liquor store so I shouldn’t miss it…

         1. And somehow carbon emissions are no longer an existential crisis. Except to Greta the Grifter Girl.

            1. They never were

2. We’re lucky there’s no EV mandate in Canada. We should sell all of our surplus power to the States…

   Oh, wait…

   1. Funny thing is, grids go both ways….B.C. for example gets 25% of its electricity from the U.S.

3. That won’t be a problem here in California. The PUC will simply grant PG&E and So.Cal. Edison 4 new RESIDENTIAL rate increases next year to punish energy use. Oh! And cover the State in solar panels and wind towers.

   However … nobody will be employed … and the State will subsidize all those energy payments.

4. AI is a bubble which will burst in a few years. Yeah sure, it will automate call centres etc. But once it will get into life-saving stuff there will be one-or-two incidents with loss of life. And lawyers will not be able to save those who did/installed the AIs.
   AI is software and mankind is still in early phases of doing good/solid software. Plus, there’s always the risk of hacking. For example a hospital hub control AI hacked… It would be a disaster. Or a nuclear station to have the main AI control sure working great 24/7 but malfunctioning just once or hacked…

5. The demand within AI is reduced energy consumption. This is where DeepSeek had its greatest impact through the initial hype and cursory reviews. It’s a Blackberry of sorts. When we look at TPUs which the Chinese DeepSeek employs (but Google invented) we can see where innovation is going and where the U.S. tech oligarchs are currently leading.
   https://techcrunch.com/2025/04/09/google-unveils-ironwood-a-new-ai-accelerator-chip/
   Energy reduction is at the core. Big Tech will build their own power plants as government clears regulatory pathways. Big Tech is now in the power business. AI will drive markets like a drunken immigrant. Expect carnage.

   As to the X-posting, what will happen is reduced information quality based on URL. The niceties won’t matter one bit. (like Britannica vs. a kiddie encyclopedia)

6. Cooling?

   Build the stupid things in Alaska.