Microsoft Using a Lot of Water to Flood the World With AI

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  1. longshots

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    https://gizmodo.com.au/2023/09/micr...of-a-lot-of-water-to-flood-the-world-with-ai/
     
    longshots, Sep 12, 2023
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    The analogies used are as mind boggling as the amounts mentioned - how many football fields is 2,000 Olympic-sized swimming pools?
     
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    Ocean was the origin of life. Maybe history will repeat itself ;)
     
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    This just convinces me that we aren't ready for AI or quantum computing. We need to find a better way to cool these systems. How do we cool them? No idea, but there has to be a better way!
     
    Pip365, Sep 19, 2023
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    With boom of generative AI, researcher warns of energy costs
     
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