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Google funding electrician training as AI power crunch intensifies

by boh on 4/30/25, 8:50 PM with 1 comments

  • by lysace on 4/30/25, 8:56 PM

    > 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.