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We could have had a space elevator by now.
by amelius 7mo ago
We could have had a space elevator by now.
- pstuart 7mo agoWe could have had non-carbon energy independence by now.
- therobots927 7mo agoBut the AI fanatics claimed that AI would solve cold fusion, making that whole thing moot. The only problem is, if AI doesn’t solve cold fusion, we’re back to square one. And a few trillion dollars in the hole.
- boxedemp 7mo agoIf we're counting, the USA was already pretty deep in the hole. Anybody that has experienced crippling debt understands there's a point of no return where you just embrace it. And that point is right before rock bottom.
- tim333 7mo agoGovernment debt is different - mostly gets inflated away.
- danilocesar 7mo agoThere’s a joke that in a couple of years, after spending trillions of dollars, burning mountains of coal to run country-sized datacenters and boiling all the oceans, we finally achieve AGI. Then the first question we ask it is: 'How do we fix climate change?' And it answers: 'you can start by unplugging me'
- big-and-small 7mo agoChina is working on this.
- therobots927 7mo agoHow much has china invested in GPU buildout?
- pstuart 7mo agoChina is actually working to make China better for the inhabitants of China. The US is working to keep the oligarchs happy.
- claaams 7mo agoOr free education and universal healthcare and a better society. I would even take someone reanimating dinosaurs like jurassic park over this.