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人工智能服务的使用增长令人震惊,我们预计未来这一趋势将更加惊人。随着AI变得更智能,获取AI技术将成为经济的核心驱动力,甚至可能最终被视为一项基本人权。几乎所有人都希望AI能为自己提供更多服务。
为了满足全球需求——既需要运行这些模型的推理算力,也需要持续改进模型的训练算力——我们正在为大幅扩展AI基础设施的宏伟计划奠定基础。如果AI按我们预期的轨迹发展,将可能实现惊人突破:或许10吉瓦的算力能让AI找到治愈癌症的方法,或是为地球上的每个学生提供个性化辅导。若受限于算力,我们将被迫做出优先级选择;但没人愿意面临这种取舍,所以我们必须行动起来。
我们的愿景很简单:打造一个每周能生产1吉瓦AI新基础设施的"工厂"。实现这一目标极具挑战性,需要多年时间,并在芯片、能源、建筑、机器人等全产业链实现创新。但我们已全力投入,并坚信其可行性。这将是史上最酷且最重要的基础设施项目。
我们尤其期待在美国建设大量设施。当前其他国家在芯片工厂和新能源生产等领域的建设速度远超美国,我们希望能扭转这一局面。未来几个月,我们将公布具体计划和合作伙伴;今年晚些时候将探讨融资方案——鉴于增加算力直接关乎收入增长,我们已构思了一些创新思路。
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随着AI日益智能化,获取AI技术将成为经济发展的核心驱动力,或许最终会被视为一项基本人权。几乎每个人都希望有更多AI为自己服务。
为了满足全球需求——既要运行这些模型的推理计算,又要通过训练计算持续优化它们——我们正在奠定基础,以大幅扩展建设AI基础设施的宏伟计划。
如果AI沿着我们预期的轨迹发展,将可能实现非凡成就。或许10吉瓦的计算能力能让AI找到治愈癌症的方法,或是为地球上每个学生提供个性化辅导。若受限于计算资源,我们将被迫做出优先级选择;没人愿意面临这种抉择,所以让我们行动起来共同建设。
我们的愿景很简单:打造一个每周能生产1吉瓦级AI基础设施的超级工厂。实现这一目标将极具挑战性,需要多年时间达成里程碑,并在从芯片到能源、从建筑到机器人技术的全产业链实现创新。但我们已为此付出巨大努力,并坚信其可行性。在我们看来,这将是史上最酷且最重要的基础设施项目。我们尤其期待在美国本土大量建设这类设施;当前其他国家在芯片工厂和新能源生产等领域的建设速度远超我们,我们希望能助力扭转这一局面。
接下来几个月,我们将陆续公布部分计划及合作方信息。今年晚些时候,我们会探讨融资方案;鉴于提升计算能力直接关乎收入增长,我们有些令人耳目一新的创新思路。
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As AI gets smarter, access to AI will be a fundamental driver of the economy, and maybe eventually something we consider a fundamental human right. Almost everyone will want more AI working on their behalf.
To be able to deliver what the world needs—for inference compute to run these models, and for training compute to keep making them better and better—we are putting the groundwork in place to be able to significantly expand our ambitions for building out AI infrastructure.
If AI stays on the trajectory that we think it will, then amazing things will be possible. Maybe with 10 gigawatts of compute, AI can figure out how to cure cancer. Or with 10 gigawatts of compute, AI can figure out how to provide customized tutoring to every student on earth. If we are limited by compute, we’ll have to choose which one to prioritize; no one wants to make that choice, so let’s go build.
Our vision is simple: we want to create a factory that can produce a gigawatt of new AI infrastructure every week. The execution of this will be extremely difficult; it will take us years to get to this milestone and it will require innovation at every level of the stack, from chips to power to building to robotics. But we have been hard at work on this and believe it is possible. In our opinion, it will be the coolest and most important infrastructure project ever. We are particularly excited to build a lot of this in the US; right now, other countries are building things like chips fabs and new energy production much faster than we are, and we want to help turn that tide.
Over the next couple of months, we’ll be talking about some of our plans and the partners we are working with to make this a reality. Later this year, we’ll talk about how we are financing it; given how increasing compute is the literal key to increasing revenue, we have some interesting new ideas.