@Extra_Special_Carbon @Npars01 @pieist @Nimbius666 @gimulnautti @noellemitchell
FWIW I am super bullish on high temperature superconductors for spherical tokamaks.
And a viable machine is coming online in <2 years
@dragonsidedd @Extra_Special_Carbon @Npars01 @pieist @Nimbius666 @gimulnautti @noellemitchell Can we wait until a technology exists before we count on it?
Also, non-real-time computing does not require a fixed-power energy source. Things like nuclear is totally unnecessary for training tasks. Train when you have power. Pause the training when you don’t.
And nuclear is not a stable source of energy. France had to turn off nuclear because of too-hot rivers, and emergency shutdowns are common.
@ahltorp @Extra_Special_Carbon @Npars01 @pieist @Nimbius666 @gimulnautti @noellemitchell
> Can we wait until a technology exists before we count on it?
You should learn about HTS. It is decades-old technology that has been gaining incrementally.
> nuclear is totally unnecessary for training tasks. Train when you have power. Pause the training when you don’t.
This would take orders of magnitude *more* power due to the save and read data required for suspend-and-restore.
@dragonsidedd @Extra_Special_Carbon @Npars01 @pieist @Nimbius666 @gimulnautti @noellemitchell I was not referring to HTS, I was referring to fusion reactors. Once they a) work, and b) have been tested a while, then they are relevant. Before then it’s just wishful thinking, which is no basis for a system of government.
As for pausing, I recommend basic power management literature. This is not the forum for a detailed discussion. I would write a longer text, but: sealioning.
@ahltorp @dragonsidedd @Extra_Special_Carbon @Npars01 @Nimbius666 @gimulnautti @noellemitchell
Speaking of which, if crocodiles are flourishing in French rivers thanks to nuclear power, just imagine how the sea lions must feel.
@pieist @ahltorp @dragonsidedd @Extra_Special_Carbon @Nimbius666 @gimulnautti @noellemitchell
The sea lions die of cancer from radioactive fish.