Excellent piece and in a subject matter too few are talking about.
The problem with apparent demand outstripping supply, and monopolistic companies also guiding the regulatory framework they operate under, and the laughable, cross our fingers, and let AI figure out how to create unlimited, "free" energy to solve the hungry datacenter issues! Yet there is also the ironically detrimental human impact of the datacentre race- the impact on local economy (surrounding property values drop), the impact on the surrounding environment (the water ways and soil are hugely contaminated, through cooling process and efficiency measures), but most of all, these centres are NOT conducive to biological life. They generate massive EMR, EMF impacts on humans at a cellular level, part of why people's property values drop- people don't want to live near these centres. We are bioelectrochemical beings. We have exquisite sensitivity at the quantum scale, and we are using tech we have not evolved with, without understanding it's full impact on us, while trying to fast forward future evolution.
In the effort to advance AI, it will slowly and inevitably cost way more than just "energy".😐
If you take the term 'reviewer' lightly, it's actually fairly common practice in U.S. policymaking circles to have corporate reps included in some manner, whether formally as on a council (like a President's Science and Technology Council) or serving on various kinds of commissions dating back at least a century. This sort of public-private overlap is so pervasive it's not a topic that is discussed in any real depth as it pervades all levels of government and various other institutions. So even if one has a title that is corporate or not (academic or official), chances are they have some ties on either side when you get to high levels of governance as their careers are never-ending revolving doors. *Think university corporate boards or appointments to various official positions of corporate reps throughout government agencies, especially those that regulate their industry.
This is a great article, thanks!
Excellent piece and in a subject matter too few are talking about.
The problem with apparent demand outstripping supply, and monopolistic companies also guiding the regulatory framework they operate under, and the laughable, cross our fingers, and let AI figure out how to create unlimited, "free" energy to solve the hungry datacenter issues! Yet there is also the ironically detrimental human impact of the datacentre race- the impact on local economy (surrounding property values drop), the impact on the surrounding environment (the water ways and soil are hugely contaminated, through cooling process and efficiency measures), but most of all, these centres are NOT conducive to biological life. They generate massive EMR, EMF impacts on humans at a cellular level, part of why people's property values drop- people don't want to live near these centres. We are bioelectrochemical beings. We have exquisite sensitivity at the quantum scale, and we are using tech we have not evolved with, without understanding it's full impact on us, while trying to fast forward future evolution.
In the effort to advance AI, it will slowly and inevitably cost way more than just "energy".😐
Are you aware of any other reports in which peer reviewers are corporate reps of some sort?
If you take the term 'reviewer' lightly, it's actually fairly common practice in U.S. policymaking circles to have corporate reps included in some manner, whether formally as on a council (like a President's Science and Technology Council) or serving on various kinds of commissions dating back at least a century. This sort of public-private overlap is so pervasive it's not a topic that is discussed in any real depth as it pervades all levels of government and various other institutions. So even if one has a title that is corporate or not (academic or official), chances are they have some ties on either side when you get to high levels of governance as their careers are never-ending revolving doors. *Think university corporate boards or appointments to various official positions of corporate reps throughout government agencies, especially those that regulate their industry.