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The AI reinstalled our whole 16 node cluster. It is live now.

He spent 4 weeks designing and testing an upgrade of their 16 node HPC cluster with AI, and the AI then did the full reinstall itself. The reinstall covered remote install, network booted images, Slurm setup, a shared filesystem, and web services that give their users a small cloud platform.

How it works

  1. Designs and tests the upgrade with AI for 4 weeks
  2. The AI performs the remote reinstall itself
  3. It sets up network booted images, Slurm, and a shared filesystem
  4. The cluster goes live with web services for users

Why it’s worth knowing

The agent did not just write the plan. It reinstalled 16 machines itself, end to end, and the cluster is live.

Where it’s from

Summarized from a public post on bsky.app. See the original ↗

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