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General AI is right around the corner like cold fusion is right around the corner. I'm not holding my breath.

• maxerickson 11y ago
  Cold fusion is dismissed out of hand. It's energy positive (and then sustained and then practical) hot fusion that is around the corner. Energy consuming fusion reactors have existed for a long time.
  • wcummings 11y ago
    >Cold fusion is dismissed out of hand. Exactly.
    • maxerickson 11y ago
      Yes, I realized your meaning a while after I commented.
  • mrfusion 11y ago
    It's not as impossible as you'd think: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Muon-catalyzed_fusion https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Muon-catalyzed_fusion