Sujet : Re: Lunduke's video on this latest issue
De : bowman (at) *nospam* montana.com (rbowman)
Groupes : comp.os.linux.advocacyDate : 29. Sep 2024, 20:09:02
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On Sun, 29 Sep 2024 17:54:17 -0000 (UTC), RonB wrote:
I have absolutely NO desire to have anything AI anywhere near my
computer. I just read today that AI server farms each require more
electricity than whole cities. So much for the "green revolution."
Wonder why the Climate Screechers aren't screeching up a storm about
this?
No problem.
https://www.npr.org/2024/09/20/nx-s1-5120581/three-mile-island-nuclear-power-plant-microsoft-ai
https://www.gatesnotes.com/Wyoming-TerraPower-groundbreakingDismantling plants like Maine Yankee may have been shortsighted. Like
Seabrook it assumed increased energy usage that never came and was not
competitive with cheap hydro from Quebec. Now data centers, particularly
for AI, are near infinite energy sinks.