• footfaults@lemmygrad.ml
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    3 months ago

    Just like Bitcoin mining in China, being able to waste resources more efficiently than the West is still waste.

    • hello_hello [comrade/them]@hexbear.net
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      3 months ago

      The product itself is questionable, but the tech soft power and innovation drive for domestic self sufficiency to cope with this new demand will benefit China in the long run.

      But I hope the Chinese central govt isn’t banking on AI to solve their domestic economic model, we aren’t getting computer automated socialism anytime soon from this.