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The AI Paradigm Shift Requires A Lot Of Energy β€” Could Nuclear Be The Answer?

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5 β€’ 4 Ratings

πŸ—“οΈ 13 July 2024

⏱️ 17 minutes

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Summary

The AI paradigm shift requires a lot of energy, and nuclear could be the answer to power that demand. Cameron Porter, Co-Lead Investor, Transmutex, joins Forbes Talks to discuss Transmutex's technology, the United States' position when it comes to nuclear, and the future of both AI and nuclear.

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0:00.0

Hi everybody I'm

0:03.6

I'm Britain Lewis a breaking news reporter here at Forbes

0:06.2

joining me now is Cameron Porter co-lead investor of Transmutex.

0:09.6

Cameron thanks for coming on in.

0:11.2

Thank you for having me here Brittany.

0:12.3

I'm excited for the conversation today because really within the past few years we've seen this paradigm shift

0:17.9

as the world continues to embrace AI.

0:20.8

However, powering the AI revolution does require a lot of energy and that's where

0:25.5

transmutex does come in. So explain what transmutex does and how this contributes to

0:30.4

the conversation. Thank you again for having me here, Brittany, to talk about this, I think, very important

0:35.3

issue, especially with the elections coming up because AI is critical not only for enterprise

0:40.0

applications, but also military applications.

0:42.1

It's really a question of national

0:43.2

security and if we want to have the AI deployments that we're looking for we need

0:47.4

energy and we need energy that we can produce domestically here in the US and

0:50.5

very reliably at scale and really the only way to do that is with nuclear.

0:54.0

But we've seen nuclear deployments try to scale in the past, and those were held back for a variety of reasons,

0:59.0

including safety and waste.

1:01.0

And really what we at Transmutex and as investors in that company are looking to do is develop a system that addresses those core problems.

1:07.5

And the way we do that is by using an advanced particle accelerator technology that's really unique to Transmutex.

1:13.0

So you brought up national security, so let's dive right into that bucket first.

1:17.0

As we know, energy and national security are deeply connected.

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