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Tag: AI
Where AI is the Tool, Humans are the Variable
Artificial intelligence is proving, in real time, that it is neither savior nor villain but an amplifier of human judgment, be that judgment good, bad, or catastrophically expensive. In other…
The Electricity Myth: Data Centers Aren’t the Villain
Every major emerging technology has required more energy and infrastructure. Everything digital runs through data centers, making them foundational, not optional. Questions should center on their undertaking rather than their…
The Chance of Blackouts
The looming problems with reliability are not just a matter of acquiring new resources too slowly, as the NERC report implies, but also a more daunting problem with procuring new…
America’s AI Advantage Runs into Trouble in the Strait of Hormuz
The Iran war has shown two things at once. It has shown that AI now matters at operational speed, and it has shown that the material base required to sustain…
The data center energy threat is way overblown
But in no case is there a data center threat to the grid. Data centers are too small and growing too slowly to be a threat.
Bixonimania: How AI Turned a Joke Diagnosis into “Peer‑Reviewed” Medicine
When a joke diagnosis morphs into “peer-reviewed” research, it is clear that the crisis in scientific credibility is no longer confined to sloppy research or corrupted journals but now extends…
Data Centers, Hot Air, and the Reinvention of the Urban Heat Island
Researchers examined more than 6,000 data centers worldwide and found that surrounding areas experienced an average land surface temperature increase of about 2°C
Off-Grid Data Centers Will Help Protect Ratepayers, But Codifying ARC-ES Would Do Even More
With America’s 250th birthday right around the corner on July 4, it doesn’t require artificial intelligence to know that the biggest gift of all would be a guarantee of energy…
Mocked, Dismissed… and Right: The Problem With ‘Trust the Experts
When a person with the right background and the right software can meaningfully engage with complex problems, the old lines start to blur.
The AI Race Isn’t Just About Chips. It’s About Power.
The AI race will not be decided by algorithms alone. It will be decided by whether we can build the physical backbone on which advanced computing depends -power plants, transmission,…
AI Can Help Deliver America’s Next Phase of Energy Dominance
America currently leads the world in artificial intelligence innovation. Applying that innovation to modernize its own regulatory infrastructure is both logical and overdue. If the U.S. can align its permitting…
AI may bring a cognitive renaissance to human thinking
It is conceivable that the growing revolutionary combination of Americans getting better information with more time to think will lead to a cognitive renaissance. It is certainly worth watching for.
Climate Change and Energy: World Leaders in Turmoil
“There is no evidence that UN COP meetings and more than $10 trillion spent on renewables over the last 30 years have affected the climate. The average atmospheric carbon dioxide concentration,…
CFACT comments on using AI to understand big bodies of research
The singular ability of language and reasoning models to analyze huge bodies of technical information opens up new ways to understand and advance research.
Tech Behemoth Gobbles Up Power Company In $5 Billion Deal to Juice Data Centers
Google’s parent company, Alphabet, announced on Monday that it will acquire the data center and energy infrastructure company Intersect for $4.75 billion in cash and “the assumption of debt.”
U.S. and China Are Headed for an AI Collision
Given the economic importance of AI to countries throughout the world, the competition between the United States and China is regrettable. But it’s probably also inevitable. China is not abiding…
Environmental Groups Urge Congress to Ban Data Centers
Environmental and democrat groups are lining up to oppose the artificial intelligence revolution, a technological advancement on the scale of the internet. The end result will be a victory for…
Trump’s AI “Manhattan Project”? (U.S. Department of Energy mission creep)
“The AI policy is the latest manifestation of the White House’s approach to many economic issues: centralized government actions in an attempt to sidestep normal economic policies. It starts with…