• tourist@lemmy.world
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    2 years ago

    I’m not scared of nuclear power

    but hearing it in the same sentence as ‘Microsoft AI’ sent a shiver down my spine

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      2 years ago

      Like in Westworld, the Hoover Dam was allocated to power the AI. This is very dystopian on one level but on another level, the notion that so muchreal engineering is being used to feed a computer that generates incorrect bullshit is kinda comical.

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    2 years ago

    So long as it’s not Microsoft managing the plant nor are they using any MS product to do so…

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        2 years ago

        Not this particular one. The only mention of IpenAI is

        Altman has backed and is the chairman of nuclear power startup Oklo (OKLO.N), which went public through a blank-check merger in May, while TerraPower - a startup Gates co-founded - broke ground on a nuclear facility in June.

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      2 years ago

      “sorry boss, just saw ‘restart’ and updated the code…that’s not going to cause any reactor problems will it?”

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    2 years ago

    So… now nuclear is considered “green power”. Okay boomers.