{"id":378016,"date":"2025-05-12T17:57:43","date_gmt":"2025-05-12T15:57:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?p=378016"},"modified":"2025-05-12T17:57:45","modified_gmt":"2025-05-12T15:57:45","slug":"microsoft-we-need-ai-save-the-world-with-nuclear-fusion","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?p=378016","title":{"rendered":"Microsoft: We Need AI Save the World with Nuclear Fusion"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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From Watts Up With That?<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Essay by<\/strong> Eric Worrall<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Big tech pushing back on accusations of being AI obsessed climate wreckers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Microsoft wants us to believe AI will crack practical fusion power, driving future AI<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

This BS ends at some point, right?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Thomas Claburn <\/a>
Fri 9 May 2025  \/\/ 11:23 UTC <\/p>\n\n\n\n

<\/a><\/a><\/a><\/a><\/a>Microsoft believes AI can hasten development of nuclear fusion as a practical energy source, which could in turn accelerate answers to the question of how to power AI.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

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\u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThe pursuit of nuclear fusion as a limitless, clean energy source has long been one of humanity\u2019s most ambitious scientific goals,\u201d three Microsoft Research boffins \u2013 Kenji Takeda, Shruti Rajurkar, and Ade Famoti \u2013 wrote in a post<\/a> published Wednesday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWhile scalable fusion energy is still years away, researchers are now exploring how AI can help accelerate fusion research<\/strong> and bring this energy to the grid sooner.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Such speculation is needed because AI is not currently sustainable.<\/strong> As the UN Environment Program observed<\/a> last year, \u201cThe proliferating datacenters that house AI servers produce electronic waste. They are large consumers of water, which is becoming scarce in many places. They rely on critical minerals and rare elements, which are often mined unsustainably. And they use massive amounts of electricity, spurring the emission of planet-warming greenhouse gases.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Enter Clippy: \u201cI see you\u2019re building a fusion reactor. Would you like some help with that?\u201dRead more:\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

https:\/\/www.theregister.com\/2025\/05\/09\/microsoft_ai_fusion\/<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

I have to say, I like this new green big tech activist plan to defer serious emissions reduction efforts until affordable nuclear fusion is available. If this is the latest green position, I can get on board with that plan, so long as they develop nuclear fusion on their own dime.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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