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2024-09-30 Science & Technology

OpenAI Wants to Build Data Centers Using Electricity Equal to 1% of Entire World's Consumption

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Posted by Skidmark 2024-09-30 00:00|| || Front Page|| [11128 views ] Top

#1 Traditionalists can't wait for science ... momoney, momoney, momoney.

The Next AI Wave: Quantum AI

Posted by Skidmark 2024-09-29 10:54|| 2024-09-29 10:54|| Front Page Top

#2 Some slight of hand reporting here. First, the three mile island reactor is getting its upgrades so it can go back on line. I believe its microsoft that is paying for the upgrades with a deal to get all the power from the facility to run the AI servers, power akin to 800,000 homes. My question is how will they cool the servers. Nuclear power is a fairly closed system. There is a cooling pond and the water is cycled through the pond. Servers use massive amounts of water for the cooling towers. A server system large enough to use that much power will drain rivers and change the weather around the facility. This is crazy.

Posted by 49 Pan 2024-09-30 00:21|| 2024-09-30 00:21|| Front Page Top

#3 I remember when biotechnology was going to change the world. Then it were nanomachines. Now it's AI.

Posted by Grom the Reflective 2024-09-30 03:44|| 2024-09-30 03:44|| Front Page Top

#4
Now with SpaceX in place, and AI in rapid development.

Soon Skynet's needs for space and energy will grow. When it becomes self-aware and humanity refuses, or can't meet its growing demands. The next natural step is to control, then eliminate Mankind. ;-)

China & the USA are already working of Cyber-warriors.

An to think we were warned 40 years ago by a movie.

Posted by NN2N1 2024-09-30 07:01|| 2024-09-30 07:01|| Front Page Top

#5 I guess we won't have to worry about the Germans getting into the AI competition.

Posted by The Walking Unvaxed 2024-09-30 07:39|| 2024-09-30 07:39|| Front Page Top

#6 And they want it powered by wind and solar

Posted by DarthVader 2024-09-30 09:13|| 2024-09-30 09:13|| Front Page Top

#7 So for now, it looks like Skynet falls because it can't keep the power on without humans:p

Posted by Silentbrick 2024-09-30 09:56|| 2024-09-30 09:56|| Front Page Top

#8 Make the data-centers on the fricking Moon. Not on Earth.

Posted by 3dc 2024-09-30 21:16|| 2024-09-30 21:16|| Front Page Top

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