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Also, I just listened to the latest Volts podcast and they make the claim that data centers will actually lower the cost of electricity fairly soon (~2030). Ver
by seidleroni 5mo ago
Also, I just listened to the latest Volts podcast and they make the claim that data centers will actually lower the cost of electricity fairly soon (~2030). Very counterintuitive but it does make sense. We'll find out soon enough.
https://www.volts.wtf/p/sooner-than-you-think-electricity https://www.volts.wtf/p/sooner-than-you-think-electricity
- jesse_dot_id 5mo agoI've been telling my friends this since LLMs launched. If your interest is in lowering the use of fossil fuels, then a global race for compute is great because the increased demand is probably going to usher in a nuclear/solar revolution in the energy sector. It feels like a very large segment, on both sides of this argument, is completely incapable of forming nuanced opinions on this stuff.
- frizlab 4mo agoAs it was already supposed to be the case (and has never been) with crypto mining, yeah…