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"There's no way to get there without a breakthrough," OpenAI CEO Sam Altman said, arguing that AI will soon need even more energy.

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[–] [email protected] 10 points 9 months ago

Subsidize retrofitting the entire nation with solar and invert it back into the grid

[–] [email protected] 10 points 9 months ago

Is the answer people? I think I’ve seen this movie before.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 9 months ago

The positive thing there is that it probably paces our development. If we can't get to true AGI without way more energy than we can currently produce, then we don't have true AGI risk right now.

There's still risk because it might not be true or we might be able to get close enough to do damage. But slowing down AI is fine by me.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 9 months ago (4 children)

Might be because it's a LLM not an AI and requires massive amounts of data to be funneled into it to actually work. My admittedly limited understanding of it makes it seem like it's just another buzzword for things like neural networks and machine learning.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 9 months ago

LLMs are a specific application of neutral networks which utilize machine learning.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 9 months ago (1 children)

If those 'buzzwords' aren't ai then what do you think ai is? It's like saying circle and square aren't shapes they're buzzwords

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[–] [email protected] 6 points 9 months ago (1 children)

So will AI (or more accurately LLM) be the push needed to make limitless fusion energy a reality?

[–] [email protected] 9 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Obviously not. We’re being faced with an existential threat if we don’t secure alternative, sustainable forms of energy and even that threat isn’t enough to motivate our species.

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[–] [email protected] 6 points 9 months ago

He's going after the beryllium agitator, someone stop him.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 9 months ago (26 children)

hey guys, theres this thing called nuclear energy. It's pretty cool.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Thorium molten salt reactor

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[–] [email protected] 6 points 9 months ago

Wow, I fucking hate this guy the more he opens his mouth. He can seriously fuck off right now, if he thinks AI realistically needs him at this point he's sadly mistaken.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 9 months ago
[–] [email protected] 5 points 9 months ago (4 children)

This is probably why he's invested so much into Helion Energy, who are trying to make a small and cheap nuclear fusion reactor.

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[–] [email protected] 5 points 9 months ago (2 children)

Get rid of bitcoin and you solve the energy problem.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 9 months ago (1 children)
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