"There's no way to get there without a breakthrough," OpenAI CEO Sam Altman said, arguing that AI will soon need even more energy.

“There’s no way to get there without a breakthrough,” OpenAI CEO Sam Altman said, arguing that AI will soon need even more energy.

  • sizzler@lemmy.worldEnglish
    18·
    10 months ago

    Wierd spin you put on all of that. Burn the solar panels and blades. Reclaim the energy in heat and its still way safer than nuclear waste.

    • afraid_of_zombies@lemmy.worldEnglish
      3·
      10 months ago

      You can’t be serious, can you? First off you would need pretty higher temperatures to burn glass. Secondly the fumes and dust it would put out would be nasty.

      • sizzler@lemmy.worldEnglish
        13·
        10 months ago

        Yeah, still not radioactive nasty though. Don’t get how you are all so naive. The only reason most countries have a nuclear program is so they have nuclear weapons.

        • afraid_of_zombies@lemmy.worldEnglish
          3·
          10 months ago

          You are right it isn’t very radioactive and a lot harder to control, not like I designed air scrubbers for 4 years of my life or something.

          The only reason most countries have a nuclear program is so they have nuclear weapons.

          Citation needed.

          A pity decades of OPEC propaganda has worked so well.

          • sizzler@lemmy.worldEnglish
            12·
            10 months ago

            Ahh you’re not naive you are biased. Anything you say is effectively propaganda. Jog on.

              • sizzler@lemmy.worldEnglish
                11·
                10 months ago

                It’s a valid point in this case and I’m not attacking your character, I have respect for engineers/designers especially when it comes to reducing pollution. Rather I am attacking your position, which is not without bias, would you not agree on that?

                • afraid_of_zombies@lemmy.worldEnglish
                  3·
                  10 months ago

                  If you mean that I am biased towards following evidence over feelings and like facts over propaganda then yes I am biased. Generally I am not convinced by “nuclear power bad because nukes bad and they are exactly the same according to a Jane Fonda movie I saw”.

                  Nuclear power produces very little pollution and it is of manageable types. Once built it can pretty much outlast any energy source. It is very reliable and can produce energy at the same price for long periods of time. Renewables definitely have their uses and I would be happy if they displaced all fossil fuels.

                  • sizzler@lemmy.worldEnglish
                    11·
                    10 months ago

                    I totally agree with your second paragraph… but, I honestly worry about bad actors. We see it enough with war. I just don’t trust other people to not use the leftovers or to destroy the reactors to not create massive damage. It’s seemingly the nature of man.

        • KillingTimeItself@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
          3·
          10 months ago

          The only reason most countries have a nuclear program is so they have nuclear weapons.

          The only reason most countries have a nuclear program capable of generating plutonium products is to build nuclear weapons*

          FTFY