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Subsidize retrofitting the entire nation with solar and invert it back into the grid
Is the answer people? I think I’ve seen this movie before.
Wow, I fucking hate this guy the more he opens his mouth. He can seriously fuck off right now, if he thinks AI realistically needs him at this point he's sadly mistaken.
The positive thing there is that it probably paces our development. If we can't get to true AGI without way more energy than we can currently produce, then we don't have true AGI risk right now.
There's still risk because it might not be true or we might be able to get close enough to do damage. But slowing down AI is fine by me.
So will AI (or more accurately LLM) be the push needed to make limitless fusion energy a reality?
Obviously not. We’re being faced with an existential threat if we don’t secure alternative, sustainable forms of energy and even that threat isn’t enough to motivate our species.
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Man, if only there was some sort of energy source that is not only green and renewable, but also outputs a ton of energy rather efficiently…
Oh man, I clicked that link really hoping you were going to link to a Dyson Sphere.
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yes, but extremely toxic and radioactive waste tho.
thorium could be an option
fusion could be an option
or... ya know, we just continue expanding solar and wind energy until we have one of the above.
Yeah, no reason to ever think of alternate options. Just push one or two things until they magically work for everything somehow.
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He's going after the beryllium agitator, someone stop him.
Darn
This is probably why he's invested so much into Helion Energy, who are trying to make a small and cheap nuclear fusion reactor.
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