Modern AI data centers consume enormous amounts of power, and it looks like they will get even more power-hungry in the coming years as companies like Google, Microsoft, Meta, and OpenAI strive towards artificial general intelligence (AGI). Oracle has already outlined plans to use nuclear power plants for its 1-gigawatt datacenters. It looks like Microsoft plans to do the same as it just inked a deal to restart a nuclear power plant to feed its data centers, reports Bloomberg.

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    15 hours ago

    I’m sure that everyone will recognize that this was a great idea in a couple of years when generative LLM AI goes the way of the NFT.

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      12 hours ago

      Honestly, it probably is a great idea regardless. The plant operated for a very long time profitably. I’m sure it can again with some maintenance and upgrades. People only know three mile island for the (not so disastrous) disaster, but the rest of the plant operated for decades after without any issues.

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        6 hours ago

        with some maintenance and upgrades.

        Hopefully we can trust these tech bros to do that properly and without using their usual “move fast and break things” approach.

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          3 hours ago

          They are only buying 100% of the output. The old owners are still owning and operating it.

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      10 hours ago

      Nfts were a scam from the start something that has no actual purpose utility or value being given value through hype.

      Generative AI is very different. In my honest opinion you have to have your head in the sand if you don’t believe that AI is only going to incrementally improve and expand in capabilities. Just like it has year over year for the last 5 to 10 years. And just like for the last decade it continues to solve more and more real-world problems in increasingly effective manners.

      It isn’t just constrained to llms either.

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        10 hours ago

        The creators who made the LLM boom said they cannot improve it any more with the current technique due to diminishing returns.

        It’s worthless in its current state.

        Should be dying out faster imo.

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          23 minutes ago

          That’s one groups opinion, we still see improving LLMs I’m sure they will continue to improve and be adapted for whatever future use we need them. I mean I personally find them great in their current state for what I use them for