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

(marksilberstein.ece.technion.ac.il)

36 points | by hsuduebc2 2 days ago ago

18 comments

  • dweinus 2 days ago ago

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

    • summarybot 2 days ago ago

      more precisely, the interwebs

  • srean 2 days ago ago

    SIG Bovik ?

  • perilunar 2 days 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 2 days ago ago

    Do you WANT AI cyborg spider overlords?

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

  • jazz9k 2 days ago ago

    We need more jobs. Just use people.

    • tacomagick 2 days 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 2 days 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 2 days ago ago

          So we come back full circle to slavery

          • true_religion 2 days ago ago

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

    • pixel_popping 2 days ago ago

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

      • cluckindan 2 days ago ago

        Finally, a C-suite position!

        • CharlesW 2 days ago ago

          Finally, a cease-heat position!

    • hsuduebc2 2 days ago ago

      Finally the ancient craft of fan bearers will be resurrected.

  • jjkaczor 2 days ago ago

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

  • ninju 2 days ago ago

    Nope...just nope!

  • aaron695 2 days ago ago

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