Pedro Domingos amps post calling datacenter water fears 'fake': AI power use trivial vs steel, cement
pmddomingos · x · 2026-11-11
Computer scientist Pedro Domingos boosted a post arguing that the 'datacenters use too much water' problem is fake, and that AI's power consumption is trivial compared to industries like steel and cement production — which nobody is upset about. A notable counter-narrative to the prevailing AI energy-panic discourse.
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