AI data centers are being rushed into existence even while flaws are being discovered in AI operation. No current data centers are being converted to AI to demonstrate the safety and feasibility of AI. Few, to no, efforts are being pursued to find cooling methods that do not require any fresh water. Few, to no, efforts are being made to limit the size of these new centers such that they can be supplied with electricity, using only renewable generation, and storage onsite; no grid attachment needed.
AI is next generation computer automation being (over)sold as nearly magical, and it is (unsurprisingly) no such thing. AI can misunderstand and misinform as well as any pathological liar; requires extraordinary amounts of, human, peer review.
Tech companies are trying to gain access to enormous amounts of water and electric power to build AI supporting, ginormous, data centers without addressing concerns about availability, consequences or cost.
These new data centers are being proposed in desert, southwestern, US states; updating existing data centers/environments isn’t getting any attention; GHG emissions will be increased by proposed fossil fuel based, electricity generation; spent nuclear fuel rods, nuclear and dirty bomb radioactive materials, will be produced by proposed nuclear electricity generation; etc…
These are just some of the issues that those who want these new data centers are hiding behind NDA (non disclosure agreements) proliferation. After being built these data centers would have less than a few dozen, full time employees (I, remotely, supported network connectivity to multiple companies, data centers for 20+ years).
Tech swindlers are also overlooking the inability of LLM (Large Language Models), or any other AI variation, to tell truth from fiction, and therefore AI can create fictitious results in automation generated responses.
Automation, even when sold as AI, can be no better, or worse, than the humans who originated the software.
Thoughtful humans must apply the brakes to this AI rush, so that we need not find out, the hard way, that there are costs and consequences that must be considered, seriously considered, before proceeding with this push to put, “AI,” too close to everywhere, way too fast.
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