Xatolos@reddthat.com to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 day agoGoogle adopts small nuclear power reactors at unprecedented scale — inks deal for seven reactors to feed AI data centerswww.tomshardware.comexternal-linkmessage-square164fedilinkarrow-up1572arrow-down18
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minus-squareDasus@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up44arrow-down1·8 hours agoFor some reason this doesn’t feel like good news.
minus-squareFredthefishlord@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up10arrow-down4·4 hours agoAny nuclear adoption is good news. This WILL help destigmatize them and help reduce cost by production at scale. Overall, while it’s extremely questionable, depending on how many companies get on board it could be net positive
minus-squareDasus@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·3 hours ago This WILL help destigmatize them and help reduce cost by production at scale. I’m not saying this won’t have any benefits. I’m saying that I don’t trust Google or the AI craze much, let alone huge corporations in general. So I’m worried that there might be unforeseen fuckups or “savings procedures” or other ways of squeezing out profit until something breaks. And those fuckups can easily outweigh the benefits. If we had good governments and reliable regulation, this would be absolutely thrilling. But we don’t, do we?
minus-squarebcgm3@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·3 hours agoOne step closer to the Fallout games becoming reality, which is at least potentially cool in some ways.
For some reason this doesn’t feel like good news.
Any nuclear adoption is good news. This WILL help destigmatize them and help reduce cost by production at scale. Overall, while it’s extremely questionable, depending on how many companies get on board it could be net positive
I’m not saying this won’t have any benefits. I’m saying that I don’t trust Google or the AI craze much, let alone huge corporations in general.
So I’m worried that there might be unforeseen fuckups or “savings procedures” or other ways of squeezing out profit until something breaks.
And those fuckups can easily outweigh the benefits.
If we had good governments and reliable regulation, this would be absolutely thrilling. But we don’t, do we?
One step closer to the Fallout games becoming reality, which is at least potentially cool in some ways.