The Kelvin Limit

I have been a small part of the chorus of voices critiquing the AI bubble that I described in Portents Of Doom. But what if we're wrong? What if the overwhelming demand for AI sin't the result of the AI platforms massively subsidizing their products, but because the world needs more and more non-consensual sex images, slop web pages, agentic ransomware attacks, students cheating on exams, hallucinated lawsuits, and all the other benefits of this transformative technology? Please suspend disbelief and follow me below the fold as I look into a fascinating examination of the implications of the exponential growth in the data centers needed to provide these benefits. The Future's So Bright, I Gotta Wear Shades Timbuk3 Not that I ever remember listening to Timbuk3 song, but I distinctly remember, shortly before the Black Monday stock market crash, Scott McNealy celebrating Sun's exponential growth with his version of the title. Back in 2011, I used Future's So Bright, We Gotta Wear Shades…