OpenAI urges the US to commit to building 100GW of new energy capacity each year to stay ahead of China in AI, and says “electrons are the new oil”
mobilizing private capital alongside government partners to establish accredited, classified data centers purpose-built for government AI. Bluesky: Nitish Pahwa / @nitishpahwa.com : if I say “my ass is the new oil” could I also get billions of dollars and earn unchecked plutocratic influence [embedded post] @jauntywk : Jfc how OpenAI? Way to have no stake, to do nothing, yet rely *enormously* on utility infrastructure. Talk about taking for granted. @kelp6063 : if we get anything at all useful out of this ai bubble it's that we might start actually improving the US electrical grid [embedded post] Ray Minehane / @rayminehane : There was a time when one could argue that Data Centres were not so bad, but those days are long past with “AI”. — Anyone building infrastructure for these companies needs their head and bank account checked [embedded post] Forums: r/singularity : Seizing the AI opportunity r/OKLOSTOCK : OpenAI on energy demand
Big supporter. I find model weight security somewhat overrated, and “wow, some large fraction of the cognitive labor done by the national security apparatus will be done in data centers soon, we really need to make sure those data centers are secure in every way” underrated.
Direct quote from PDF: > OpenAI proposes a “Classified Stargate” initiative to help meet this need—mobilizing private capital alongside government partners to establish accredited, classified data centers purpose-built for government AI.
There was a time when one could argue that Data Centres were not so bad, but those days are long past with “AI”. — Anyone building infrastructure for these companies needs their head and bank account checked [embedded post]