alt.hn

5/29/2026 at 12:07:29 PM

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

https://marksilberstein.ece.technion.ac.il/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/Putting_Bugs_in_Your_DC_Might_Actually_be_a_Good_Idea_WACI.pdf

by hsuduebc2

5/29/2026 at 4:53:47 PM

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

by dweinus

5/29/2026 at 7:01:44 PM

more precisely, the interwebs

by summarybot

5/29/2026 at 3:01:43 PM

SIG Bovik ?

by srean

5/30/2026 at 1:51:24 AM

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!

by perilunar

5/29/2026 at 9:21:20 PM

Do you WANT AI cyborg spider overlords?

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

by chuckadams

5/29/2026 at 12:25:18 PM

We need more jobs. Just use people.

by jazz9k

5/29/2026 at 4:20:32 PM

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

by tacomagick

5/29/2026 at 11:51:36 PM

> 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!

by bayarearefugee

5/30/2026 at 1:31:52 AM

So we come back full circle to slavery

by tacomagick

5/30/2026 at 3:06:17 AM

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

by true_religion

5/29/2026 at 3:13:10 PM

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

by pixel_popping

5/29/2026 at 3:34:48 PM

Finally, a C-suite position!

by cluckindan

5/29/2026 at 6:02:17 PM

Finally, a cease-heat position!

by CharlesW

5/29/2026 at 9:03:10 PM

Finally the ancient craft of fan bearers will be resurrected.

by hsuduebc2

5/29/2026 at 7:18:33 PM

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

by jjkaczor

5/29/2026 at 6:15:49 PM

Nope...just nope!

by ninju

5/29/2026 at 5:38:09 PM

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by aaron695