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Top AI Researchers Terrified of a “Chernobyl Moment”: a Mass Casualty Event, or Worse, That Turns the World Against AI Forever (tech.yahoo.com)
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[–] saimen@feddit.org 0 points 2 days ago (1 children)

I mean, it's not like we have turned away from nuclear power. There are still dozens of new plants being build every year worldwide.

[–] TrippingBalls@lemmy.world 2 points 2 days ago (1 children)

And every new AI center is going to have its own small nuke plants... What can possibly go wrong?

[–] nosuchanon@lemmy.world 2 points 2 days ago

AI + Chernobyl = Profit!?!