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"The debate around AI and datacentres is such that, to paraphrase Paul Keating,
if you walked into any pet shop in Australia, the resident galah will be
talking about it.
I am on the record as being a sceptic of AI productivity booms, or the need to
do all we can to make sure we are at the forefront of the AI revolution.
Sure, there will be benefits in medical and scientific research. Does that
require building datacentres in every vacant block of land in the country? And
will medical and scientific research be the overarching use of these
datacentres?
Doubt it."
Cheers,
*** Xanni ***
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam
http://xanadu.com.au/ Chief Scientist, Xanadu
https://glasswings.com.au/ Partner, Glass Wings
https://sericyb.com.au/ Manager, Serious Cybernetics
