"If trends continue, language models will fully utilize this stock between 2026 and 2032" - that will require data centers with their own nuclear reactors (or other power plants) as hinted at by Marc Zuckerberg?
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If instead you focus on using the government to outlaw demand, only failure will follow. I mean, didn't the government outlawing the demand for illegal drugs fail miserably? I believe drugs are cheaper, more potent, and more available than ever.
Similarly, if there is demand for compute, then compute will occur. There is always a clearing price commiserate with the risk.
https://blogs.worldbank.org/en/energy/what-carbon-tax-can-do...
Also, if this path to AGI does not work out, its not as though the nuclear reactors will be wasted. People will find something else to do with the energy.