austinkhale
Joined 8 years ago
Joined 8 years ago
Seems like this is solvable:
1. Keep rolling out the closed-loop cooling improvements now appearing in new DC designs.
2. Add more desal capacity where it’s cheap (sunny coastlines + renewables) to cover the residual demand.
Sources: - https://aedyr.com/plantas-desaladoras-agua-salobre-espana/
Agentic workflows are a much higher bar that are just barely starting to work. I can't speak to their efficacy but here's a few of the ones that are sort of starter-level agents that I've started seeing some companies adopt:
https://support.zendesk.com/hc/en-us/articles/8187090244506-...
The arguments are essentially:
1. The technology has plateaued, not in reality, but in the perception of the average layperson over the last two years.
2. Sam _only_ has a record as a deal maker, not a physicist.
3. AI can sometimes do bad things & utilizes a lot of energy.
I normally really enjoy the Atlantic since their writers at least try to include context & nuance. This piece does neither.
I don't recommend it for non developers until there is more content, but it's a really neat dev kit device that shows where the future is headed.