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I think you're pushing the metaphor a bit far, but the parallel was to something like ore. A power plant "mines" electron, which the data center then refines i
by elbasti 1y ago
I think you're pushing the metaphor a bit far, but the parallel was to something like ore.
A power plant "mines" electron, which the data center then refines into words. or whatever. The point is that energy is the raw material that flows into data centers.
- fuzzfactor 1y agoMaybe more like converting energy to data, as a more specific type of refinement.
- phkahler 1y agoUsing energy to decrease the entropy of data. Or to organize and structure data.
- fuzzfactor 1y agoI like that. Take random wild electrons and put them neatly into rows & columns where they can sit a spell.
- LaGrange 1y agoThis is OpenAI, they are not decreasing the entropy. This is refining coal into waste heat and CO2.