Another conversation surrounding AI at the conference will be focused on how the infrastructure can be built to power it all.
Shapiro noted that data centers are extremely important, but other products and the greater adoption of electric vehicles has created a challenge with having enough electricity available.
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“These devices and electric cars use a lot of electricity, and we don’t have it yet on the grid, so we’ve got to start moving quickly,” he said. “That’s why there’s a focus on nuclear and wind and solar and hydrogen and even traditional oil and gas and things like that.”
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“And it’s just not simple biodegradables,” Shapiro continued. “You have to have those transmission lines, and they are super expensive. So there’s a great focus-on-everything type of approach.”