We suggest using living spiders as cooling devices for data centers (2020)

(marksilberstein.ece.technion.ac.il)

36 points | by hsuduebc2 a day ago ago

18 comments

  • dweinus a day ago ago

    Ah, so this is The Web I have been hearing so much about!

    • summarybot a day ago ago

      more precisely, the interwebs

  • srean a day ago ago

    SIG Bovik ?

  • perilunar 17 hours ago ago

    I visited a piggery once. The smell was intense, but what amazed me was that the ceilings of the sheds were completely covered in spider webs, so thick that you could barely see the metal ceiling.

    So… if they want bugs to feed the spiders, I suggest filling the data centres with pig shit. Shit in, slop out!

  • chuckadams a day ago ago

    Do you WANT AI cyborg spider overlords?

    Because that’s how you get AI cyborg spider overlords.

  • jazz9k a day ago ago

    We need more jobs. Just use people.

    • tacomagick a day ago ago

      You can pay a spider some bugs, I don't think a human would be happy to receive just food as a payment method.

      • bayarearefugee 19 hours ago ago

        > You can pay a spider some bugs, I don't think a human would be happy to receive just food as a payment method.

        Maybe not today, but give it a couple more years of increased data center build outs and AI job displacement and maybe the math changes on this!

        • tacomagick 17 hours ago ago

          So we come back full circle to slavery

          • true_religion 16 hours ago ago

            Honestly using people for cooling AI data centers feels more like the matrix.

    • pixel_popping a day ago ago

      You guys have been hired today to just seat there and absorb the heat.

      • cluckindan a day ago ago

        Finally, a C-suite position!

        • CharlesW a day ago ago

          Finally, a cease-heat position!

    • hsuduebc2 a day ago ago

      Finally the ancient craft of fan bearers will be resurrected.

  • jjkaczor a day ago ago

    ... well, that would guarantee I never take a gig in one of those data centers...

  • ninju a day ago ago

    Nope...just nope!

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  • aaron695 a day ago ago

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