AI has turned supercomputers from science machines into general-purpose compute engines
mark_k · x · 2026-07-26
The post recalls a time when supercomputers and large data centers were mainly reserved for climate modeling and scientific simulations. The author argues that it feels odd, in retrospect, that so much compute existed without being used for something more exciting.
The takeaway is simple: AI has changed what computing power is for. What used to be specialized scientific infrastructure is now being repurposed into the core engine for modern AI systems.
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