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mschuster91today at 12:56 AM0 repliesview on HN

> Be honest, who had "Sam Altman kills Apple Computer" on their 2025/6 Bingo card?

Not the person Sam Altman specifically, but AI in general. It was obvious even in 2024 that braindead beancounters were jumping on the hype train, so much so that coal power plants were kept alive to satiate the power hunger [1]. The last time that shit happened, it was the coin craze [2], but unlike cryptocurrencies there was and is an actual product being made...

[1] https://www.theregister.com/2024/10/14/ai_datacenters_coal/

[2] https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2022/feb/18/bitcoin-m...