>News: Another AWS zone hit with object and on fire
Translation: many companies are now realizing why they need competent IT staff or sysadmins to build IT infrastructure that will survive any type of outage or attack on data centers. Many developers and C-suites think they will use AI to build infrastructure and fire senior sysadmins and IT staff to save salaries. Then, one day, they find out everything is out because neither developers nor C-suites know anything about DR or keeping backups.
I won't be surprised if future data centers are equipped with Patriot, THAAD, or some sort of shields. I mean, everything is now digital and AI is pushed these days to everyone. Right? So now, data center builders or operators like Google/AWS and others not only have to worry about fire, water, theft,DDoS, & other traditional threats, but they now have to think of adding further defenses in the age of drones and missiles. Modern problems require modern solutions. This is not fiction anymore.
@nixCraft the future of datacenter design will be underground. Or possibly hybrid, with surface buildings that retract into the ground when nuclear-armed religious zealots kick off armageddon.
i just realised this is how AI will get weapons. Ah, yes Skynet from Terminator https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Skynet_(Terminator) 馃槺 the line between sci-fi and daily life is blurring now faster then ever when they start deploying weapons. damn!
@nixCraft kinda seems like early days of Skynet
@nixCraft Then they can do 'pre-emptive strikes'.
What a disturbing pattern this could unlock.
Do we want Skynet? This is how we get skynet.
@nixCraft It sounds like how private groups gradually get militarised. The future is so bright.
@nixCraft Oh no... now where did I leave my tiny violin?
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I do wonder how this will effect other zones as it continues, lots of big services live inside of that AWS bubble... Like Canvas and Blackboard LMS tools...
