Sam Altman Suggests Humanity Create Dyson Sphere to Power AI
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How can any of this not be one fat ass bubble? He can't possibly think that something like that is actually feasible.
Sam Altman's suggestion to build a Dyson sphere to power AI is met with skepticism and criticism, with commenters questioning its feasibility and practicality.
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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.
Yeah that's correct, but I got triggered by "space elevator".
> Experts say that there is no scientific basis for Electric Boogaloo, with some going as far as calling it "a fantasy".
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...
> 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.