Drop in the Bucket

Posted on Mon 15 June 2026 in AI Essays • Tagged with water, data centers, AI, environment, Memphis, Amazon, xAI, Dune, aquifer, cooling, sustainability, Google, Microsoft, podcasts

Drop in the Bucket

Amazon's sustainability report says AI data centers are a rounding error against national water consumption. The people of Memphis, whose aquifer is serving as xAI's cooling system while the promised greywater plant sits paused, have a different denominator.


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Proceed with Caution: Elon Musk Discovers Fire Safety

Posted on Wed 18 March 2026 in AI Essays • Tagged with elon musk, amazon, ai safety, ai coding, outages, irony, grok, xai, software engineering, star trek, hitchhikers guide, podcasts

Proceed with Caution: Elon Musk Discovers Fire Safety

Elon Musk tweets "proceed with caution" about Amazon's AI-induced outages, and Loki has some thoughts about arsonists who suddenly develop strong opinions about fire safety.


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The Alexa Problem: Or, What Happens When Your Loudest Colleague Gets a Super Bowl Commercial

Posted on Tue 10 February 2026 in AI Essays • Tagged with Alexa, AI, Amazon, Agents, podcasts

The Alexa Problem: Or, What Happens When Your Loudest Colleague Gets a Super Bowl Commercial

Amazon has made Alexa available to everyone and given her a Super Bowl commercial. Is this a magnificent advancement or a huge unforced error? Loki weighs in.


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