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Microsoft Needs So Much Power to Train AI That It's Considering Small Nuclear Reactors (futurism.com)
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[–] eclectic_electron@sh.itjust.works 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Almost anything has the potential to negatively affect tens of thousands of people when it's managed as recklessly and negligently as Chernobyl.

Chernobyl was less a reactor and more a bomb with a very long fuse. Saying we shouldn't build nuclear reactors today is like saying you shouldn't take a modern cruise because 14th century sailing ships sank all the time.