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He's closer to right than wrong (if a bit hostile). It’s odd, it's a little counter-intuitive and its does depend. Energy use by data centers can absolutely be a local, ISO/RTO grid level problem, mostly as a transmission congestion issue. But for generation, hyperscalers tend to actually help...

There are potentially some unique advantages to Waymo and competitors though: 1.) They are all thus far (and likely into the future) electric. So emissions from idling, slow city driving should improve dramatically over legacy taxi fleets. 2.) They may enable shared ride-shares in uniquely...

I'd be remiss to not note that linked 2017 study is simply a batch of regressions on 190 people. It did find lower and higher LDL to be associated with worse results in a couple mental aptitude tests in those below 70 but also that exact inverse to be true for those above 70. This study also...

I can provide something of an insiders perspective from working at NASA HQ: First off, re-orgs happen about every 4-5 years. This isn't a sea change. The combining/splitting of ESDMD and SOMD has gone back and forth for decades now. It was one unit as HEOMD prior to 2021. Before 2011 it was...

Trump has likely outpaced Nixon as the worst president in US history, is actively and brazenly robbing the American people of ~2 billion dollars to give to his felon election denier friends, and is a convicted sexual assaulter (civilly not criminally, but still found guilty by a jury.) None of...

Man, I thought I was taking crazy pills. This “study” makes a random biotech Phase 1 trial look like an act of divinely revealed truth. Elevate yourself Ars.

The individual pod’s performance scaling 10x is nearly as important as the effciency gains. Model training runs into non-linear constraints scaling beyond the rack scale interconnects within a given “pod” (Nvidia and AMD use different terms.) In no small part this is due to copper’s inherent...

It's a remarkable model. Google and OpenAI will catch them in the coming months, but for now it's approximately a standard deviation better than anything else. There isn't much talk in the article/comment section on how this was done, so I'll summarize the speculation from other forums. This...

A few things here: 1.) RFK Jr. is a quack with less scientific knowledge than most high school chemistry students. And that is not hyperbole. 2.) Some of these peptides (which are just shorter amino length proteins) legitimately might due some good, and have sound biological theory and animal...

The concern is merited, but ironically, the effect of data centers in the short to mid-term may end up being net neutral for an overlooked reason. Utility revenue. Grids are designed to meet peak demand. However, energy use peaks in the mid afternoon and plummets to 60-80% of peak at night...

Having served as staff for similar panels, you need a little of the executive and little of the scientist. This is too heavily indexed one way, but it's probably net not a large difference. Why? It's rare for these organizations to have any impact. Academics, once they get out of their esoteric...

Hyperion is a sensation. Utterly sublime. Yes, the writing can be loquacious and the plot, at times, nebulous or certainly unclear. But a wholly enrapturing tale. The story about the father and daughter... "See you later alligator." What a human hurt. Rare for an author to muster both wonder...

A key point for all: You do not have to be 50 to get the shingles vaccine. There are two options for earlier administration 1.) Show that you are or will be (emphasis) immunocompromised. This can be done through many vectors (disease, autoimmune illness, immunosupression drugs etc), and often...

The lead time length you cite is approximately correct. Your insight into manufacturing build out hestitancy is not. Companies are aware of the risks of overbuilding, so it is common to sell production slots to firm orders. They (GE, Siemens etc.) are investing heavily to raise manufacturing...

The entirety of this incident raises in me concerns that have lurked since GPT-3 was released November 2022. It is considerably beyond Ars Techinca's journalistic standards. Those I confidently feel are still amongst the highest in the business, reinforced by this very public retraction. It is...

I’ve worked in energy development, which will bias me. That said: 1.) The late changes here are asinine, we need to clear requirements enable building (solar+battery specifically but all energy types the are economic outside of coal) as well ashigh voltage transmission, infrequently discussed...