r/Snorkblot • u/LordJim11 • 19d ago

History Analogous to data centres?

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u/CosmicDave 19d ago

We still have the railroads 200 years later. If you see the AI as the trains instead of canals in this analogy, it hits completely different.

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u/shosuko 18d ago

Yeah the real tragedy is that we didn't build trains either...

A data center has a footprint for sure, but so do all of home pc's. By centralizing hardware we can make it more safe and efficient in the same ways a train can make commute more safe and efficient.

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u/CosmicDave 18d ago

no thanks. centralized hardware = centralized control & centralized risks.