Originally published in FedScoop.
Kevin Frazier, a senior fellow at the Abundance Institute, said in an interview with FedScoop that he’s “really bullish” on investments into renewables and nuclear to help the country realize its energy needs — “especially when it comes to powering our AI future.” He also pointed to the Department of Energy’s national laboratories, which he said have explored wind, solar and nuclear to “make sure” the U.S. is embracing and growing its AI capabilities in “as efficient a manner as possible.”
“If we can make sure that that development is occurring in partnership with the EPA, and making sure that we’re lowering the regulatory burdens to building out the next wave of sustainable and effective power sources, I think that’s all for the better, and definitely in line with our national vision for AI,” Frazier said.
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Overall, Frazier said the proposed EPA budget and its embrace of AI reflect “the very real role” the agency has to play in “making sure that the U.S. can build the latest and greatest models.”
“What we’re seeing in that budget is a recognition that AI is going to play a role, not only in helping identify new and novel approaches for powering AI itself, but also identifying ways to do that in a more efficient and straightforward fashion,” he said. “And so if that ends up changing some of the ways that we’ve seen the EPA operate, that would be unsurprising.”