Also, I just listened to the latest Volts podcast and they make the claim that data centers will actually lower the cost of electricity fairly soon (~2030). Very counterintuitive but it does make sense. We'll find out soon enough.
I've been telling my friends this since LLMs launched. If your interest is in lowering the use of fossil fuels, then a global race for compute is great because the increased demand is probably going to usher in a nuclear/solar revolution in the energy sector.
It feels like a very large segment, on both sides of this argument, is completely incapable of forming nuanced opinions on this stuff.
It feels like a very large segment, on both sides of this argument, is completely incapable of forming nuanced opinions on this stuff.