Nuclear power and artificial intelligence: the perfect marri

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Nuclear power and artificial intelligence: the perfect marriage

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DAVID MORRISON - SPECIAL TO THE GLOBE AND MAIL - MARCH 11, 2024
David Morrison is the chief executive officer of Eight Capital, one of the largest independent investment banks in Canada.

EXCERPT: "“AI will eat software” is the mantra driving the technology industry – but where will it get its power?

Recently, the world’s most valuable chip maker, Nvidia Corp. reported a blow-out quarter with revenues surging 265 per cent, pushing the company’s market capitalization beyond US$2-trillion. Chief executive officer Jensen Huang highlighted the soaring demand for accelerated computing and generative artificial intelligence (AI) worldwide.

AI will drive the next wave of GDP productivity growth. And the next infrastructure race will revolve around the global competition to house data centres. Governments will prioritize securing the data of their citizens and businesses while facilitating the increased domestic utilization of AI. . . . "

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Feed the beast

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Re “Nuclear power and artificial intelligence: the perfect marriage” (Report on Business, March 12):

I read with genuine horror the detailing of artificial intelligence’s voracious appetite for energy.

This is presented as a positive development, and it is suggested that more Canadian uranium could be mined to fuel small nuclear reactors and provide power for gluttonous AIs. This dystopian vision of the future looks devoid of humanity.

Environmentalists and everyone concerned with a sustainable future are thinking about how we will power a livable world, so that more than eight billion people will have a decent standard of living as the fossil fuel era comes to an end. I am sickened to contemplate that AI might gobble up much of the available energy that will be desperately needed for basic humanitarian needs.

Susan O’Donnell
Fredericton