[ExI] AI reviving USA nuclear power industry

[Adrian Tymes]

When speaking of nuclear reactors, "critical" means "operating normally".
"Going critical" would not ordinarily be a threat.

But nuclear plants still require fuel.  A wannabe rogue AI would be better
served by one of those space-based data centers, coupled with a robotic
lunar mining and manufacturing plant to replace worn-out solar panels and
gradually expand the data center.

On Sat, Sep 21, 2024 at 12:18 PM BillK via extropy-chat <
extropy-chat at lists.extropy.org> wrote:

> Microsoft inks deal to restart Three Mile Island nuclear reactor to
> fuel its voracious AI ambitions
> By Anton Shilov, published 20 Sept 2024
>
> <
> https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/artificial-intelligence/microsoft-inks-deal-to-restart-three-mile-island-nuclear-reactor-to-fuel-its-voracious-ai-ambitions
> >
> Quote:
> A lot of power for AI and cloud datacenters.
> Modern AI data centers consume enormous amounts of power, and it looks
> like they will get even more power-hungry in the coming years as
> companies like Google, Microsoft, Meta, and OpenAI strive towards
> artificial general intelligence (AGI). Oracle has already outlined
> plans to use nuclear power plants for its 1-gigawatt datacenters. It
> looks like Microsoft plans to do the same as it just inked a deal to
> restart a nuclear power plant to feed its data centers, reports
> Bloomberg.
> Constellation Energy will invest $1.6 billion to restart its Three
> Mile Island nuclear plant in Pennsylvania. The revived reactor will
> provide clean electricity to Microsoft for 20 years, supporting the
> tech giant's AI and cloud computing energy needs. This reactor had a
> generating capacity of approximately 819 megawatts (MW) of
> electricity, which is enough power for a small to medium-sized city
> with hundreds of thousands of homes. The plant should be operational
> by 2028, and it will serve Microsoft exclusively.
> -----------------------
>
> So, every AGI will be looking after its own nuclear power station.
> These AGIs wouldn't ever threaten to make their power stations go
> critical, if humans don't behave, would they?
> No, of course not. Stop worrying!
>
> BillK
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