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147 points rbanffy | 1 comments | 16 Jan 25 14:43 UTC | HN request time: 0.303s | source
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aaroninsf ◴[16 Jan 25 17:49 UTC] No.42728454[source]▶
Related: my personal wistful thinking is,

AI -> safe deployable fusion -> power for desalination and exactly this sort of thing.

In particular I daydream about use of "free" power to perform carbon sequestration back into liquid hydrocarbon fuels for existing ICE etc. infrastructure...voila, no delay to retool civilization while getting down to the business of bringing carbon back under 400 ppm.

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worik ◴[16 Jan 25 18:40 UTC] No.42729142[source]▶
> Related: my personal wistful thinking is,

> AI -> safe deployable fusion

This reminds me of the recent HN referred article on Cargo Cults

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1. rotexo ◴[16 Jan 25 18:50 UTC] No.42729264[source]▶
I interpreted that causality as AI leading to deployment of carbon-neutral energy, then when the AI bubble bursts, we’ve pushed carbon-neutral electricity sources off the learning curve cliff and it is available for cheap without the original consumers needing it. From that perspective, it could be any carbon neutral electricity (fusion, fission, enhanced geothermal, super-deep geothermal etc.). I could be misinterpreting the parent comment.