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Executive order on advancing United States leadership in AI infrastructure

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Re: Executive order on advancing United States leadership in AI infrastructure

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> Well, an entity indistinguishable from most LLMs (at least when it comes to hallucinations) will soon be in charge of the US, so that Leadership is pretty much guaranteed, it seems...

Please keep flamebait, including partisan flamebait, off HN. This is in the site guidelines: https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html.

The link is helpful thank you!

Re: Executive order on advancing United States leadership in AI infrastructure

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> Well, an entity indistinguishable from most LLMs (at least when it comes to hallucinations) will soon be in charge of the US, so that Leadership is pretty much guaranteed, it seems... Please keep flamebait, including partisan flamebait, off HN. This is in the site guidelines: https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html . The link is helpful thank you!

I don't think I posted any flamebait, and if I inadvertently did, it was motivated by psychological science, not partisanship. But I've removed anything that would be controversial, I think?

Re: Executive order on advancing United States leadership in AI infrastructure

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Summary of the concrete actions:

1. Early 2025: Identify Federal sites for AI data centers, clean energy facilities, and geothermal zones. Streamline permitting processes and draft reporting requirements for AI infrastructure. Develop a plan for global collaboration on trusted AI infrastructure.

2. By Mid-2025: Issue solicitations for AI infrastructure projects on Federal sites. Select winning proposals and announce plans for site preparation. Plan grid upgrades and set energy efficiency targets for AI data centers.

3. By Late 2025: Finalize all permits and complete environmental reviews. Begin construction of AI infrastructure and prioritize grid enhancements.

4. By 2027: Ensure AI data centers are operational, utilizing clean energy to meet power demands.

5. Ongoing: Advance research on energy efficiency and supply chain resilience. Report on AI infrastructure impacts and collaborate internationally on clean energy and trusted AI development.

Re: Executive order on advancing United States leadership in AI infrastructure

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Summary of the concrete actions: 1. Early 2025: Identify Federal sites for AI data centers, clean energy facilities, and geothermal zones. Streamline permitting processes and draft reporting requirements for AI infrastructure. Develop a plan for global collaboration on trusted AI infrastructure. 2. By Mid-2025: Issue solicitations for AI infrastructure projects on Federal sites. Select winning proposals and announce…

That's actually a wildly short timeframe for a large political plan like this. Going from idea to breaking ground on a massive infrastructure project in a calendar year? It'll be interesting to see if this turns into a political/legal quagmire or not, since it's ostensibly aligned with both parties (donors) interests.

Re: Executive order on advancing United States leadership in AI infrastructure

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Summary of the concrete actions: 1. Early 2025: Identify Federal sites for AI data centers, clean energy facilities, and geothermal zones. Streamline permitting processes and draft reporting requirements for AI infrastructure. Develop a plan for global collaboration on trusted AI infrastructure. 2. By Mid-2025: Issue solicitations for AI infrastructure projects on Federal sites. Select winning proposals and announce…

With the incoming admin I can't imagine anything other than huge nat gas plants being built to power these data centers...

Re: Executive order on advancing United States leadership in AI infrastructure

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Summary of the concrete actions: 1. Early 2025: Identify Federal sites for AI data centers, clean energy facilities, and geothermal zones. Streamline permitting processes and draft reporting requirements for AI infrastructure. Develop a plan for global collaboration on trusted AI infrastructure. 2. By Mid-2025: Issue solicitations for AI infrastructure projects on Federal sites. Select winning proposals and announce…

That schedule is impossible. Given the amount of power data centers take, and the fact that the government is new to building them, the environmental review process and lawsuits will take years.
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