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Why is AI even needed? It’s not like the sun dances around. Could probably find enough information here [0] what is needed. [0] Practical Astronomy with your

• function_seven 7y ago
  The sun might not, but everything else does. The struts supporting these things change with the temperature, the ground swells or settles, the tower may move a bit, etc. Also, once the AI is written, you can save time on each install by not having to precisely locate each mirror. Get it close enough, and let the magic box fix up the small errors in real time.
• ben509 7y ago
  For three reasons cited in The Fine Article: > The problem is that in the past concentrated solar couldn't get temperatures hot enough to make cement and steel. > While other concentrated solar companies attacked this temperature problem by adding steel to make the technology stiffer and sturdier, Heliogen and its team of scientists and engineers turned to artificial intelligence. > Heliogen said it is generating so much heat that its technology could eventually be used to create clean hydrogen at scale.