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AI for American-produced cement and concrete

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Re: AI for American-produced cement and concrete

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First there was the rampocalypse. Then there was cementpocalypse. Let just hope the AI datacenters don't latch on to biofuel to supplement their energy requirements. It's just more profitable for farmers to sell calories to the AI overlords, the consumer food market is just a low margin grind.

Most large scale DC projects I've know are primarily leveraging solar with grid batteries because of the low upfront cost and state incentives.

Re: AI for American-produced cement and concrete

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> As a result, producers need a way to rapidly explore and validate new formulations without spending months in the lab. How do you bypass the normal process of pouring test articles and testing them months and years after cure? This is fundamentally a research activity that needs to conduct verifiable science. Not something you can guess at with an LLM.

All the chemical companies do it. They pair it with testing, but still.

Re: AI for American-produced cement and concrete

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> As a result, producers need a way to rapidly explore and validate new formulations without spending months in the lab. How do you bypass the normal process of pouring test articles and testing them months and years after cure? This is fundamentally a research activity that needs to conduct verifiable science. Not something you can guess at with an LLM.

They have a new scapegoat to blame if things turn out badly.

Re: AI for American-produced cement and concrete

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> As a result, producers need a way to rapidly explore and validate new formulations without spending months in the lab. How do you bypass the normal process of pouring test articles and testing them months and years after cure? This is fundamentally a research activity that needs to conduct verifiable science. Not something you can guess at with an LLM.

What part of move fast and break things did you not understand?

Re: AI for American-produced cement and concrete

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> As a result, producers need a way to rapidly explore and validate new formulations without spending months in the lab. How do you bypass the normal process of pouring test articles and testing them months and years after cure? This is fundamentally a research activity that needs to conduct verifiable science. Not something you can guess at with an LLM.

What could possibly go wrong?

https://dailygalaxy.com/2026/03/rubber-used-in-undersea-tunn...

Re: AI for American-produced cement and concrete

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> As a result, producers need a way to rapidly explore and validate new formulations without spending months in the lab. How do you bypass the normal process of pouring test articles and testing them months and years after cure? This is fundamentally a research activity that needs to conduct verifiable science. Not something you can guess at with an LLM.

They have a new scapegoat to blame if things turn out badly.

Why do they need AI for that? Just create another LLC, manslaughter any number of people, then have that LLC declare bankruptcy. Zero consequences.
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