And what do these AI’s produce?
To the best of my knowledge; nothing.
Other than term papers for the lazy, I can’t think of much other than art or pictures.
But these AIs consume as much energy as a steel smelting plant and produce next to nothing.
It is going to take a lot of wind turbines to fuel these hobby farms.
And what happens to these massive heat sinks when a brownout rolls through them?
Computers don’t like unstable power.
A friend of mine was speaking with a University of Florida-connected radiologist in Gainesville, Florida this week and was told by that doc that his radiology operation and the Univ. medical school were employing AI in a major way and that AI had significantly improved their success (quantum leap was the word he used).
Is that the kind of AI productivity you had in mind.
To the best of my knowledge; nothing.
Your knowledge is falling behind...way behind.
These data centers are being built because there is an overwhelming demand for them.
That demand (for billions and billions of dollars of new data centers) isn't fueled by "term papers for the lazy...art or pictures."
The AIs will get the stable power. You will get the unreliable wind and solar - for a while.
The incredible power levels are for incredible processing and storage. The article mentions everyone’s smart devices, and I don’t think it’s kidding. Imagine seeing with billions of eyes with perfect data retention. Add to this hearing and accelerometers and sensors that humans don’t even have like GPS. It seems daunting, but is all completely possible.
The “boxy”, fortress-like structures will even serve AI well in the coming wars. Proximity to uninterruptible power sources will be key. ;-)