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   Minoru Saba (minorusaba@toad.social)'s status on Wednesday, 18-Sep-2024 10:14:28 JST Minoru Saba

   "Tech firms and Silicon Valley billionaires...have another incentive to promote [nuclear power]: artificial intelligence"
   "“If you were to integrate large language models, GPT-style models into search engines, it’s going to cost 5 times as much environmentally as standard search,” said Sarah Myers West, managing director of the AI Now Institute, a research group focused on the social impacts of AI"
   https://www.nbcnews.com/tech/tech-news/nuclear-power-oklo-sam-altman-ai-energy-rcna139094
   🔸"Whom the gods would destroy, they first make mad"
   #AI #nuclear

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     Minoru Saba (minorusaba@toad.social)'s status on Wednesday, 18-Sep-2024 10:23:36 JST Minoru Saba

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     "...a processor as smart as the human brain would require at least 10 megawatts to operate. That’s the amount of energy produced by a small hydroelectric plant"
     compared with "the human brain’s low energy requirements of just 20 watts"
     https://www.popsci.com/technology/article/2009-11/neuron-computer-chips-could-overcome-power-limitations-digital/
     🔸i.e. nature has come up with a more elegant, energy-efficient solution compared to the arrogant, brute-force trend of money-driven technology