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		reverserdev 5 months ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: OpenAI's cash burn will be one of the big bubble q... Libraries with books are likely considered public goods right? Why not an LLM datacenter if it also offers information? You could say it's the public library of the future maybe.

zdragnar 5 months ago [–]

Not all libraries are publicly owned or accessible. Most are run by local municipalities because they wouldn't exist otherwise.

Data centers clearly can exist without being owned by the public.

bjt 5 months ago | [–]

So can bookstores.

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