Can we all agree that “frontier labs are lying about AI safety to pump their IPOs, capture the regulators, and make more money” is a conspiracy theory at this point? For it to be true, Sam, Dario, Demis, and Elon all have to be lying, along with a big chunk of their execs, chief scientists, and resigning employees. It also asks you to believe the labs volunteered for much heavier scrutiny that slows them down in the middle of the biggest ARR growth run in the history of capitalism with no signs of slowing down … because they want to make more money by inventing regulatory hurdles that only they can clear(?). And OpenAI has now said it would even be willing to delay its own IPO over safety concerns - i.e. put off (maybe risk entirely) the biggest liquidity event ever in Silicon Valley. The conspiracy requires us to believe that they’re doing that to make more money(?) Elon agrees with Dario; i.e. the guy who ran D.O.G.E is *asking for more scrutiny and regulation*. And we're supposed to believe that's because he thinks it will help his company succeed(?) A much simpler explanation at this point: they think the risk is real.

Here are some things which each use as much water as a data centre: A medium-sized office building A golf course A hotel A leisure centre A swimming pool A large restaurant A secondary school A school A small hospital A shopping centre A supermarket A commercial laundry A large bakery A brewery A dairy farm A conference centre A spa A football stadium An ice rink A large theatre A museum A prison A garden centre A busy car wash

Take all the water being used by UK data centres and double it. Then double that. Then double that. Then double that. Then double that. Then double that. Then double that. Then double that. Congratulations - you now have half as much water as the UK water system loses every year due to leaks.