Microsoft wants us to believe AI will crack fusion power

Microsoft believes AI can hasten development of nuclear fusion as a practical energy source, which could in turn accelerate answers to the question of how to power AI.

Nuclear fusion – in the context of generating electricity – is a technology that, like quantum computing, exists in theory and lab experiments but hasn’t been implemented at practical scale. Test reactors only fleetingly produce more energy than they consume.

Enthusiasts believe it will deliver all-you-can-eat clean…