It seems that every company in the sun these days is leveraging, investing in or using AI in some way. Wall Street salivates.
But it’s super smart at Silicon Valley Atwitter, not AI, which is why some of the biggest companies, including Mark Zuckerberg Yuan And Sam Altman’s Openai is Fighting AI talents. All leading tech athletes Want to be the first According to the book by Oxford University researcher Nick Bostrom, intelligence that “greatly surpasses the cognitive performance of human beings in almost all areas of interest”, Super Intelligence: Path, Danger, Strategy.
Eric Schmidt, former Google CEO and Chairman Write in LinkedIn post Thursday. “It is reasonable to predict that we will have professional AI Savants in every field within five years. Now, imagine their abilities and how they will change society and our daily lives.”
Schmidt Their Moon Podcast’s new episode Published Thursday, it talks about the most complex limiting factors. Tip: It’s not money, nor is it a semiconductor.
“The natural limitation of AI is electricity, not chips,” Schmidt said.
He added: “The United States is currently expected to need another 92 GW of electricity to support the AI revolution. Reference, a Gigawatt is roughly equivalent to a nuclear power plant. At present, basically no such facilities are built, and only two have been built over the past 30 years.”
Silicon Valley giants are working to revive and renovate old power plants to help drive their AI needs. Microsoft,one A 20-year power purchase agreement reached and Zodiac energy Restart Three Mile Island, which closed in 2019 and is targeting a reboot in 2028.
But even now, Microsoft is still using a lot of resources for AI: In its latest environment report, Windows Maker It’s said that water use has been increased Between 2021 and 2022, it reached 34%, reaching about 1.7 billion gallons, which is closely related to AI experts. and Researchers believe global AI workload By 2027, 42 to 6.6 billion cubic meters of water can be used to fill 17 to 2.6 million Olympic-sized swimming pools. In other words, that’s enough water to provide The entire population of Canada More than a year.
Openai CEO Sam Altman Said last year Energy breakthroughs are “critical to the future of artificial intelligence.” (Altman’s value, Invest in Helion personallya startup engaged in nuclear fusion and supports its 2028 flight employee plant. ) In May, companies such as Microsoft and AMD Urge U.S. Senators to obtain fast-track license Avoid wear and tear the grid due to the high energy demands of AI. critic Like Greenpeace At the current rate, AI usage could undermine national and global climate goals.
“We don’t know what AI will deliver, and we certainly don’t know what superintelligence will bring, but we know its fast is coming,” Schmidt said. “We need to plan ahead to make sure we have the energy needed to meet the many opportunities and challenges AI is in front of us.”
You can watch Schmidt’s full conversation with Diamandis and Blundin here.
