Alphane Moon@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 8 days agoMajor Bitcoin mining firm pivoting to AI, plans to fully abandon crypto mining by 2027 as miners convert to AI en masse — Bitfarm to leverage 341 megawatt capacity for AI following $46 million Q3 losswww.tomshardware.comexternal-linkmessage-square68fedilinkarrow-up1405arrow-down111
arrow-up1394arrow-down1external-linkMajor Bitcoin mining firm pivoting to AI, plans to fully abandon crypto mining by 2027 as miners convert to AI en masse — Bitfarm to leverage 341 megawatt capacity for AI following $46 million Q3 losswww.tomshardware.comAlphane Moon@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 8 days agomessage-square68fedilink
minus-squareleftzero@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up18arrow-down2·7 days agoWasting electricity that was already being wasted isn’t as bad as wasting electricity that was being used for something productive, I guess.
minus-squarenull_dot@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·7 days agoThis isbprobably a philosophical question that i dont know the answer to, but its still a waste.
Wasting electricity that was already being wasted isn’t as bad as wasting electricity that was being used for something productive, I guess.
This isbprobably a philosophical question that i dont know the answer to, but its still a waste.