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Google funding electrician training as AI power crunch intensifies (reuters.com)
6 points by boh 11 months ago | hide | past | favorite | 1 comment


> Google to award $10 million grant for electrician training

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> Google (GOOGL.O), will fund the training of tens of thousands of new U.S. electricians, the company told Reuters on Wednesday,

So like $1k or less per "trained electrician"? That's a fantastic bargain. Some would say unrealistic and idiotic. But let's add some LLMs to the mix and most people probably won't die.

It's really embracing the shithole attitude.




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