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[-] AbouBenAdhem@lemmy.world 265 points 2 years ago

The thought of a nuclear reactor running on Windows is terrifying.

[-] BaronVonBort@lemmy.world 85 points 2 years ago

They’re going to build it in 2026 but it’ll still somehow be running on XP.

[-] Godort@lemm.ee 37 points 2 years ago

They'll probably not use Windows, instead opting for an OS that is proven to work with already running reactors, like QNX

[-] swab148@startrek.website 21 points 2 years ago
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[-] whitecapstromgard@sh.itjust.works 37 points 2 years ago

Even Microsoft does not trust Windows on Azure 🤣

[-] scarabic@lemmy.world 33 points 2 years ago

Modern nuclear reactors are designed to fail safely, so Windows couldn’t actually create a Chernobyl. Everything wrong with nuclear in our world is with old-gen plants. It’s a technology that got ahead of itself by 50 years.

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[-] ascense@lemm.ee 184 points 2 years ago

A corporation running a nuclear reactor to train AIs might just be the most cyberpunk news headline I've ever seen.

[-] ZILtoid1991@kbin.social 33 points 2 years ago

This gave me an idea for some level design I might want to use in a video game.

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[-] qaz@lemmy.world 166 points 2 years ago

Better than coal or oil, it might even result in more R&D into reactor designs.

[-] scarabic@lemmy.world 39 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

There’s no shortage of modern reactor designs. We have amazing stuff designed and even prototyped and proven - low waste, safely-failing reactors that basically can’t melt down. All we really lack is funding and regulatory clearance to build more.

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[-] negativeyoda@lemmy.world 162 points 2 years ago

I thought this crazy energy consumption shit would cool off a bit after assholes stopped bitcoin mining.

Glad AI stepped up so we can generate bad art and prose while buttfucking the planet

[-] jarfil@lemmy.world 29 points 2 years ago

Ok, hear me out: crypto, based on "proof of training an AI"

If it takes so much power, it must be secure, and this way it wouldn't be "totally wasted"...

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[-] elbarto777@lemmy.world 25 points 2 years ago

The planet will be alright. It will be lush green in a few million years when humans no longer exist.

The current ecosystem, though.... yeah. Buttfucked.

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[-] RizzRustbolt@lemmy.world 94 points 2 years ago

So we finally get thorium power, but its only used to make celebrity porn for incels.

[-] DragonTypeWyvern@literature.cafe 33 points 2 years ago

Hey, whatever keeps them out of Walmart parking lots at 1am.

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[-] Havald@lemmy.world 72 points 2 years ago

Building and maintaining one isn't really the concern I have with this one, nuclear reactors are incredibly safe these days. What are they going to do with the nuclear waste? That's the real issue here. Governments can barely figure that out, how's a megacorp going to do that in an ethical way? I already see them dumping it in a cave in some poor country in africa.

[-] Silverseren@kbin.social 61 points 2 years ago

If they're actually using a new type nuclear reactor, the small portable ones, then the waste is both incredibly small and recyclable. Nuclear technology has come a long way since the decades old reactors, we just haven't built very many new ones to showcase that.

[-] Nilz@sopuli.xyz 23 points 2 years ago

It's a shame we aren't seemingly taking them into consideration in the whole energy transition crisis we are in.

But rather let's just keep sending people into hazardous coal mines while ignoring nuclear energy until the solution to all our problems magically comes to us.

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[-] lolcatnip@reddthat.com 20 points 2 years ago

How much nuclear waste are we talking about? Every time I've seen any actual quantity mentioned, it's tiny.

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[-] mojo@lemm.ee 62 points 2 years ago

The reason is ultimately irrelevant, but I welcome more nuclear energy.

[-] PlexSheep@feddit.de 33 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

They could just invest in a solar farm or something, they are just a lot more economical.

Nuclear is okay, but the costs compared to renewables are very high, and you have to put a lot of effort and security into building a reactor, compared to a solar panel that you can basically just put up and replace if it snaps.

You probably know this discussion already through.

Edit: Glad to see a nice instance of the discussion going here.

[-] Steve@communick.news 22 points 2 years ago

In their specific use case that won't really work.

They want to use all of their available property for server racks. Covering the roof with solar won't give enough power/area for them. A small reactor would use a tiny fraction of the space, and generate several times the power. That's why it'd be worth the extra cost.

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[-] eestileib@sh.itjust.works 60 points 2 years ago

Tell me more about how capitalists efficiently allocate resources.

[-] realharo@lemm.ee 41 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

This may actually be one of those things where it turns out to be worth it (for them anyway), if they can get some major technological advancements out of it.

There are so many other things in the world that are way more wasteful and way more pointless.

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[-] Astroturfed@lemmy.world 53 points 2 years ago

The human body produces a lot of electrical impulses. What if they just took all their workers and put them in some type of "work pod" and harnessed the energy to run the large scale AI?

[-] Zimmy@lemm.ee 42 points 2 years ago

They might get bored though. Maybe hook them up to some kind of virtual reality world.

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[-] Omega_Haxors@lemmy.ml 48 points 2 years ago

Burning 3 continents worth of coal to steal artwork at maximum efficiency.

[-] hogmomma@lemmy.world 23 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

Do nuclear reactors use coal?

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[-] sixCats@lemmy.dbzer0.com 48 points 2 years ago

This seems kind of ideal though, computers provide a near constant load (relatively speaking) that combines very well with nuclear energy.

Perhaps we should be asking why we haven’t already been doing this for the past decade?

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[-] Pxtl@lemmy.ca 41 points 2 years ago

I predict that within 10 years, computers will be twice as powerful, ten thousand times larger, and so expensive that only the 5 richest kings of Europe will own them

[-] billwashere@lemmy.world 19 points 2 years ago

I guess history does repeat itself. Next you’ll be telling me that 640GB of RAM is enough.

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[-] not_gsa@lemm.ee 37 points 2 years ago

There is nothing wrong with nuclear power

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[-] NigelFrobisher@aussie.zone 35 points 2 years ago

LLM seemed really impressive at first, but it made it to “this year’s NFTs” in record time.

[-] ILikeBoobies@lemmy.ca 30 points 2 years ago

with the hopes of buying electricity from it as soon as 2028.

Fusion won’t be ready by then

Energy should be public

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[-] constantokra@lemmy.one 30 points 2 years ago

I'm not one to be all doom and gloom about ai, but giving one its own small nuclear reactor, presumably one that's in close proximity to it and separate from the local power grid... that's obviously going to have substantial security measures around it... and be that much more difficult to cut off if need be....

I mean, it's starting to sound a lot like an unbelievable plot hole in a bad sci fi movie isn't it?

[-] prole@sh.itjust.works 35 points 2 years ago

That's.... Not how things work. Creative, but no.

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[-] Z3k3@lemmy.world 30 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

Hi bing. How do I stop a nuclear reactor from going critical?

For those correcting my error It was just a joke. The only things I know about nuclear power I learned from the simpsons and Kyle hill

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[-] Nobsi@feddit.de 29 points 2 years ago

Just fill the Country with Solar, Wind and Water... won't take 10 years and will be cheaper too.

[-] Rakonat@lemmy.world 20 points 2 years ago

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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[-] Phero@lemmy.world 23 points 2 years ago

I guess the rich don’t have an energy crisis.

[-] squiblet@kbin.social 21 points 2 years ago

I can't handle this . i'm going to sleep.

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[-] PhlubbaDubba@lemm.ee 20 points 2 years ago

Imagine if it ends up requiring the achieving of ignition for Microsoft to launch a version of clippy that is able to reliably comprehend English grammar enough to make writing recommendations.

[-] GreenMario@lemm.ee 19 points 2 years ago

AI needs that's much power?

Fuck you, ditch it like a Zune and make some more video games.

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[-] cypher_greyhat@lemmy.world 19 points 2 years ago

If they handle their nuclear reactor like they handle their cloud infrastructure security, we’re doomed.

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