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Deuxcents

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4. I just read an article where Meta, Amazon, Google, Microsoft and other mega companies are going to DC

Reply to Ferrets are Cool (Original post)

Thu Feb 26, 2026, 10:42 PM

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In March to sign deals allowing them to build their own power plants for their AI data centers. How many jobs will be lost when that happens? Where are they gonna go for the power grids and water supplies? Are we gonna be a society where technology is the norm and people will no longer be needed to run the country? No human ingenuity? Cameras everywhere..even in the Can?

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