5 ms·

It's fine, it will only need to be powered by a black hole to run.

• exe34 2y ago
  the first one anyway. after that it will find more efficient ways. we did, afterall.
  • wahnfrieden 2y ago
    it's not obviously achievable. for instance, we don't have the compute power to simulate cellular organisms of much complexity, and have not found efficiencies to scale that
    • HeatrayEnjoyer 2y ago
      Human level AGI only requires 20 watts
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      • oblio 2y ago
        With a mechanism for AGI we don't comprehend at all. Airplanes don't fly by flapping their wings.
        • exe34 2y ago
          knowing that a mechanism exists is enough to motivate us to find one that works with our current or achievable tech.
          • oblio 2y ago
            We were motivated to fly since the earliest human.
            • exe34 2y ago
              and we've had stories of artificial humans since we've been writing down stories!
• atomic128 2y ago
  Nuclear fission is the answer. The company Oracle just announced that it is designing data centers with small modular nuclear reactors: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41505514 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41505514 There are already 440 nuclear reactors operating in 32 countries today. Sam Altman owns a stake in Oklo, a small modular reactor company. Bill Gates has a huge stake in his TerraPower reactor company. In China, 5 reactors are being built every year. You just don't hear about it... yet. No amount of batteries can protect a solar/wind grid from an arbitrarily extended period of "bad" weather. It's like range anxiety in an electric car. If you have N days of battery storage and the sun doesn't shine for N+1 days, you're in trouble. Nuclear fission is safe, clean, secure, and reliable. An investor might consider buying physical uranium (via ticker SRUUF in America) or buying Cameco (via ticker CCJ). Cameco is the dominant Canadian uranium mining company that also owns Westinghouse. Westinghouse licenses the AP1000 pressurized water reactor used at Vogtle in the U.S. as well as in China.
  • oblio 2y ago
    Hey, I got a random serious comment about nuclear power :-))) To your point: > No amount of batteries can protect a solar/wind grid from an arbitrarily extended period of "bad" weather. Like nuclear winter caused by a nuclear power plant blowing up and everyone confusing the explosion with the start of a nuclear war? :-p On a more serious note: > No amount of batteries can protect a solar/wind grid from an arbitrarily extended period of "bad" weather. It's like range anxiety in an electric car. If you have N days of battery storage and the sun doesn't shine for N+1 days, you're in trouble. We still have hydro plants, wind power, geothermal, long distance electrical transmission, etc. Also, what's "doesn't shine"? Solar panels generate power as long as it's not night and it's never night all the time around the world. Plus they're developing sodium batteries, if you want to put your money somewhere, put it there. Those will be super cheap and they're the perfect grid-level battery.
    • roenxi 2y ago
      > ... and it's never night all the time around the world. I'm not sure that is 100% true. >99.99% true, but it can happen in practice. https://www.newsweek.com/when-sun-disappeared-historians-detail-worst-year-alive-1750252 https://www.newsweek.com/when-sun-disappeared-historians-det...