Data centers, the things that physically store and share applications and data, require an enormous amount of energy to run. These giant storage units, responsible for 1-1.5% of global electricity consumption, have traditionally relied on renewable sources like solar and wind but it seems as though renewable energy just won’t be able to keep up with the demand required moving forward.
Yea, nuclear powered AI with power independent from the grid certainly strikes me as a dystopian AI premise.
Plus it’s Microsoft.
Yep. Key part of the premise. Balmer is consulting in the background and somehow gets part of his personality imprinted on the AI.