If they handle their nuclear reactor like they handle their cloud infrastructure security, we’re doomed.
this post was submitted on 01 Oct 2023
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Just fill the Country with Solar, Wind and Water... won't take 10 years and will be cheaper too.
Hydropower is about as bad for most ecosystems as burning fossil fuels. And its definitely not something that can be done quick or cheaply.
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I don't get why a train AI would need so much power, how hard is it to drive a train?
Will the nuclear reactors be on the train with the AI, or will it be some sort of wired transfer?
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AI needs that's much power?
Fuck you, ditch it like a Zune and make some more video games.
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I’m not opposed to new nuclear energy in principle. However Microsoft, an unrelentingly bad organization that consistently acts in bad faith to its customers, employees and businesses parters, and is seemingly dedicated to making awful products that never meaningfully improve, is not something I would trust to do nuclear safely.
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AI's going to kill us off by doing what we do better than us. Consuming resources and producing waste. And we're already pretty good at it.
Microsoft has invested in several fusion projects too.
I guess the nuclear power people are gonna become Microsoft fans... powered by nuclear power.
Small Modular Reactor technology is the future, and it's really promising.
Self-contained (no onsite refueling), mass produced (cheap, higher quality), and modular (add more for more power, or small enough to power a data center).
Here's some quick videos from a professor of Nuclear Energy covering topic:
Small Modular Tractors:
Micro-Modular Rectors:
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Yesssss
I don't give a shit about training AI but the idea of Microsoft running nuclear reactors is hilarious to me. Either they do it well and we all benefit from the knowledge, or Windows goes out with a bang