The subject of the news article is financially motivated, though kudos to the article for being transparent about it:
> Major Peake was quick to argue that the answers lie in space, using “orbital data centres”, he added that he was working with a company, Axium Space, who were set to launch two nodes later this year.
pyman · 6h ago
"I think it's pretty likely the entire surface of the earth will be covered with solar panels and data centers." - Open AI Chief Scientist Ilya Sutskever
I'm surprised the future of technology is in the hands of a few people who have absolutely no clue what's happening outside their computers.
Building a large data center near a town can strain the power grid, drain local water supplies, generate constant noise, release excess heat, harm the environment, disrupt traffic during construction, raise security concerns, and offer very little long-term benefit to the local community.
So, yeah, the solution is to cover the earth with data centers, right?
adamiscool8 · 5h ago
You could say that about building almost any infrastructure anywhere populated.
windexh8er · 5h ago
It's not even remotely the same. The efficiency level of LLMs are insanely poor, really like nothing we've seen ever. And I say that in the context of what they are being used for and where they don't need to be used.
123yawaworht456 · 4h ago
>it's bad because... it's just bad, mkay?!
pyman · 3h ago
Read the article, not just the headline.
LLMs require substantial electricity and water due to the immense computational power needed for training and operation [1], as well as the cooling systems in data centers.
> Major Peake was quick to argue that the answers lie in space, using “orbital data centres”, he added that he was working with a company, Axium Space, who were set to launch two nodes later this year.
I'm surprised the future of technology is in the hands of a few people who have absolutely no clue what's happening outside their computers.
Building a large data center near a town can strain the power grid, drain local water supplies, generate constant noise, release excess heat, harm the environment, disrupt traffic during construction, raise security concerns, and offer very little long-term benefit to the local community.
So, yeah, the solution is to cover the earth with data centers, right?
LLMs require substantial electricity and water due to the immense computational power needed for training and operation [1], as well as the cooling systems in data centers.
[1] https://e360.yale.edu/features/artificial-intelligence-clima...