silence7@slrpnk.netM to Climate@slrpnk.netEnglish · 14 days agoTrump admin is pulling supercomputers out of key weather and climate research centerwww.cnn.comexternal-linkmessage-square10fedilinkarrow-up1172file-textcross-posted to: politics@hexbear.netpolitics@lemmy.world
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minus-squarejaybone@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up58·14 days agoThe whole reason I bothered to read the article was to find out… The computing center, which is slated to be turned over to an unspecified third party I’m guessing that will be some AI shitfarm.
minus-squarezr0@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·14 days agoDoubt it. Supercomputers usually don’t have that many GPU’s, especially those made to execute weather algorithms, are highly customized server farms and this one most likely predates the AI boom. It is probably used by the NSA/CIA or Pentagon
The whole reason I bothered to read the article was to find out…
I’m guessing that will be some AI shitfarm.
Doubt it. Supercomputers usually don’t have that many GPU’s, especially those made to execute weather algorithms, are highly customized server farms and this one most likely predates the AI boom.
It is probably used by the NSA/CIA or Pentagon