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Sam Altman suggests humanity create Dyson sphere to power AI
Seriously, what the hell is this guy thinking? He said yesterday unironically that we should build a dyson sphere to power AI with.
How can any of this not be one fat ass bubble? He can't possibly think that something like that is actually feasible.
- Fade_Dance 1y agoA big part of his job is being a stock promoter. He is raising funds at a 500 billion dollar valuation, so it clearly works. Promise the moon (or Dyson sphere) is a proven way to generate hype and stay in the limelight. It's not that crazy from a futurism perspective. If we become an interplanetary civilization, we will probably have things like this run our compute. I just wouldn't spend money investing in that future today...
- andsoitis 1y agoBuilding a Dyson sphere around our sun would require more energy and material than we have access to or are capable of harnessing. So while a nice idea, it is a dead-end in practical terms.
- cindyllm 1y ago[dead]
- dekhn 1y agoit's just "let's build a space elevator" part 2.
- DemocracyFTW2 1y agoRecommended viewing: can we space elevator? should we space elevator? by Angela Collier (disclaimer: law of headlines applies)
- southwindcg 1y agoShe has a great video about this post's very topic as well. https://youtu.be/fLzEX1TPBFM https://youtu.be/fLzEX1TPBFM Altman doesn't merely suggest building a Dyson sphere, which is already laughably beyond our capability, but a Dyson sphere around the solar system. It is so, so stupid. He might as well have suggested using wizard magic to power our data centers.
- DemocracyFTW2 1y ago> She has a great video about this post's very topic as well Yeah that's correct, but I got triggered by "space elevator".
- DemocracyFTW2 1y agoTo solve that problem, we just have to build a Dyson sphere to harness the sun so we do have enough energy. The sun makes energy from mass so we have to reverse that process with an energy-to-mass factory. I don't see why that shouldn't work, it's just physics.
- al2o3cr 1y agoAt this rate, by mid-2026 he's going to be promising "Universe 2: Electric Boogaloo" - a plan to create an entire second universe just to put data centers into - just to juice the market for a little while longer
- baobun 1y ago> If true, it would have huge implications for not only the expansion of OpenAI and its target to hit AGI within the next few years but could disrupt energy markets and entire industries, according to analysts. > Experts say that there is no scientific basis for Electric Boogaloo, with some going as far as calling it "a fantasy".
- toomuchtodo 1y agohttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/P._T._Barnum https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/P._T._Barnum > He was also an author, publisher, and philanthropist, although he said of himself: "I am a showman by profession ... and all the gilding shall make nothing else of me.” According to Barnum's critics, his personal aim was "to put money in his own coffers". The adage "there's a sucker born every minute" has frequently been attributed to him, although no evidence exists that he had coined the phrase.
- jacquesm 1y agoIs that before or after he will implement UBI?
- DemocracyFTW2 1y agoThe plan is first to get rid of all those who are holding a favorable view of UBI, then extract the organs from those remaining.
- lordkrandel 1y agoDo you still listen to what CEOs say? What are they there for if not to inflate giant economic bubbles
- AnimalMuppet 1y agoI suggest that humanity not listen to Sam Altman.
- rsynnott 1y agoThis feels a bit like the 419 scam; you make the details deliberately absurd to turn off anyone inclined to be in any way sceptical, leaving you with just the easy marks.