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I wonder if one could calculate the watt-hours produced in a day by a theoretical 100 hamsters on generator-attached wheels, and if you could run a laptop and L
by walrus01 3mo ago
I wonder if one could calculate the watt-hours produced in a day by a theoretical 100 hamsters on generator-attached wheels, and if you could run a laptop and LTE hotspot from that (or similar load).
- mjanx123 3mo agoAn infinite number of hamsters running in an infinite number of hamster wheels could power a datacenter for one day.
- micw 3mo agoNo, they would collapse into a singularity with an infinite event horizon that eats up the universe at the speed of light
- Tepix 3mo agoAn infinite number of data centers even!
- HPsquared 3mo agoA smaller infinity, but still infinite.
- embedding-shape 3mo agoMake the data center run ML/AI experiments for how to effectively run a "energy generation hamster farm" and you have a completely grid-and-internet independent energy solution that optimizes itself via hamsters over time.
- turbonaut 3mo agoIsn’t this uncomfortably close to the premise of the Matrix?
- embedding-shape 3mo agoAs long as we don't drug the hamsters and jam them into some sort of fake digital world, we should be fine? Put OpenAI's security researchers on it, heard they're good at containing experiments.
- jcul 3mo agoReminds me of the universal paperclip thing. AI harvesting matter for more hamsters.
- walrus01 3mo agoBut make sure the ML/AI knows how to predict the quantity of bulk grain supply that will be needed to feed the hamsters, and supply long term delivery contracts.
- pants2 3mo agoA quick search suggests one hamster can produce around 0.5 Wh/day, so 100 hamsters should easily power your phone laptop with a constant 50W!