The AI Gigafactories call is now open.

[precariousmind@neopaquita.es]

@HennaVirkkunen I have to say this in Spanish:
cuando vosotros vais, la gente ya está de vuelta.
Brace for impact.

[neongod@mstdn.social]

@HennaVirkkunen Just before the whole bubble bursts and while the whole continent (and the planet) is on fire. Ridiculous. I really hope it fails. Even if it's our, the taxpayers money you waste on this.

[kosure@mas.to]

@HennaVirkkunen Take this shit to W

[ngrn@soc.ngrn.uk]

@HennaVirkkunen The only people who want this either don’t understand what AI is, or they run companies that will tender bids which will be approved by people who don’t understand what AI is.

[aqunt@piipitin.fi]

@HennaVirkkunen I hear there’s some prime land currently being cleared so you can build your data centers there. For example near Madrid and Bordeaux there’s now lots of unused land ready to be developed. /s

[sloanlance@mastodon.social]

@HennaVirkkunen

"Gigafactory" is a term coined and popularized by known fascist and racist Elon Musk. "AI Factory" was coined by NVIDIA to make investments into their graphics cards look like a reasonable way to use one's resources.

That alone should stop anyone from using those terms or their composita. The fact that "AI" hasn't shown meaningful contribution to economic growth or increased productivity is another mark against it.

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[sloanlance@mastodon.social]

@HennaVirkkunen

But "AI" does what it was built to do: Disenfranchise Labor, push down wages, increase power and economic inequality. Those "Factories" produce injustice. No democracy should want anything to do with it.

https://tldr.nettime.org/@tante/117008662026532827

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[paavi@mastodontti.fi]

@ansuz @engineer @danielquinn @HennaVirkkunen Not to mention money wasted on Hyperloop thingies.

[larsmb@mastodon.online]

@HennaVirkkunen How does this square with the sustainability goals, or the human rights charter (Amnesty International has thoughts on the compatibility here)?

[curiousmagpie@beige.party]

@HennaVirkkunen WTF is wrong with you?! Have you noticed Europe is burning? Do you not understand the connections? The shortsightedness is astounding, and not in a good way.

[brezelradar@norden.social]

@deuxmak @HennaVirkkunen

Yup.

https://www.france24.com/fr/info-en-continu/20260726-incendie-en-gironde-la-symbolique-tr%C3%A8s-forte-des-vacanciers-sous-leur-parasol

[spirit@cybernetic.monster]

@HennaVirkkunen and to think I was worried that the United States was the only ones making ignorant, environmentally destructive policy decisions.

[clockwooork@sociale.network]

@HennaVirkkunen

Thanks, I hate it. Everyone hates it. Nobody asked for it.

[dancli@owo.cafe]

@HennaVirkkunen how about this: don’t. My country is scorched by wildfires and this is precisely the kind of decision that will worsen our situation.

[rightsprung@c.im]

@HennaVirkkunen

This is a terrible idea. Burn down the environment for a fascist intellectual theft machine that is wrong about everything, so it can replace critical thinking.

Why not invest in clean energy, universal basic income, and climate change mitigation instead?

[ariarhythmic@ohai.social]

@HennaVirkkunen mmm slop juice

[nakal@mastodon.social]

@HennaVirkkunen #fuckai ... please invest in education, so we actually don't depend on "AI".

Smart and intelligent people are the best investment.

[grebdioz@mastodon.social]

@HennaVirkkunen

Ah, who does not want Giga-Asbestos-Factories

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-interactive/2026/jan/18/tech-ai-bubble-burst-reverse-centaur

[niwlcraft@mastodon.art]

@HennaVirkkunen People like you enabled the American big tech to steal my intellectual property and job.

[raketti@mastodontti.fi]

@HennaVirkkunen meanwhile in Europe:
https://masto.ai/@CopernicusECMWF/117009507338120897

But sure, more resource hogging and biodiversity destruction.