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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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[–] hperrin@lemmy.world 15 points 10 months ago (9 children)

The sun gives us free energy. Is he aware of that?

[–] JJROKCZ@lemmy.world 2 points 10 months ago (8 children)

Not efficiently and not as reliably as a nuclear reactor though. It would if they built a space station in an orbit with minimal other objects getting in the way of it and the sun. Teach the ai in between Sol and Venus and bring it back if it discovers anything useful rather than making revenge porn and plagiarizing artists

[–] andrai@feddit.de 14 points 10 months ago (5 children)

1 GW of solar is much cheaper than 1 GW of nuclear. Solar is both cheaper to build and cheaper to run. It's the most efficient energy source e currently have.

[–] FaceDeer@kbin.social 4 points 10 months ago

It also turns on and off outside of any human control.

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