2026-09-15 00:48 UTC
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@BernardSheppard@mastodon.au 2026-09-15 09:47
@aj@gts.sadauskas.id.au @MsDropbear42@infosec.space It's not just that the media is uncritical, but they are clueless - viz. https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-06-15/firmus-ai-company-tasmania-biggest-power-user-three-sites/106783142 "Firmus Technologies is building an "AI factory" in Launceston, and plans for two more factories in Tasmania have come to light." and "Firmus has said the factory will contain data centre infrastructure and specialised computers that use graphics processing units to produce "AI tokens" needed for tools such as generative AI chatbot ChatGPT." Fuck me. Even if Firmus did actually say this, in some sort of attempt to dumb things down for aunty, FFS, the journalist could have spent half a minute to discover that this is total bullshit rather than report it. But chances are that Firmus did not say this. Meanwhile Marles is on #abc730 parroting frontier #AI companies offering an incredible opportunity for training in Australia as if there is any value that accrues to the host organism for the parasite that attaches and drains resources before laying eggs that grow into larvae before consuming it. #auspoI