The power demand of AI (Artificial Intelligence) is one very important side of it that is, in my humble opinion, hugely underestimated.

I am afraid that even if Skynet doesn't end humanity, the greedy companies running the various AI server centers, may do that on its behalf.

Do not get me wrong. I am not against AI, it is so far just a tool, in the right hands it will be of a huge help and in other hands it will just be a weapon. And while it is available to the masses, it could become a weapon of mass destruction.

Perhaps not literally yet, but we already see many jobs and people fates destroyed.

I've been reading more and more in the news about new power plants planned to feed the energy hunger of AI.

Some old plants also are being woken up for the same reason.

Have you heard about Three Mile Island?

Before Chernobyl, that is the nuclear plant with the biggest nuclear accident in the world.

It was dormant in the last years but is now set up to supply energy for Microsoft's AI.

"Power-Thirsty AI Turns to Mothballed Nuclear Plants. Is That Safe?" https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/power-thirsty-ai-turns-to-mothballed-nuclear-plants-is-that-safe/

"Is it Safe"? Asks that article.

It is not safe. Not at all. You can trust me on that, as I have a university degree in the field. If you still need more convincing, let me add those two names here: Chernobyl, Fukushima

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Consider this. There isn't any type of power plants that do not pollute the environment.

Even the plants based on renewable sources of energy create pollution.

Consider this too. There are so many places on the planet where people don't get enough energy for their daily needs.

So I really hope that topic is more in the news and in the discussions as we may soon enter a down-spiral and it could be too late, too soon.

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Let's do our part here too and not upvote AI generated content.

Perhaps downvoting AI generated posts isn't such a bad idea. Let's discourage this before it's too late and the chain is full of shit.

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More articles about the energy hunger of AI:

"AI goes nuclear" https://thebulletin.org/2024/12/ai-goes-nuclear/

"Google turns to nuclear to power AI data centres" https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c748gn94k95o

"AI’s hunger for electric power is threatening U.S. climate goals" https://www.washingtonpost.com/climate-environment/2024/11/19/ai-cop29-climate-data-centers/

"The AI industry is pushing a nuclear power revival — partly to fuel itself" https://www.nbcnews.com/tech/tech-news/nuclear-power-oklo-sam-altman-ai-energy-rcna139094

"US slows plans to retire coal-fired plants as power demand from AI surges" https://www.ft.com/content/ddaac44b-e245-4c8a-bf68-c773cc8f4e63

"Coal Plants Staying Online Because AI Needs So Much Power" https://futurism.com/the-byte/coal-plants-ai

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Here are a few travel photos of mine. Foggy Sofia, Bulgaria.

View towards one of the power plants in the city.

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