Topic: Jeepers, I wonder what the world's next science megaproject is
boof started this discussion 1 month ago #136,884
I sure would like it to be really swell
I need some swellness, let me tell you
I need some swellness, let me tell you
Anonymous B joined in and replied with this 1 month ago, 3 hours later[^] [v] #1,452,124
@OP
> I sure would like it to be really swell
>
> I need some swellness, let me tell you
Probably more fucking software. Civil engineering and useful shit is passé. We should be mining tethered asteroids.
> I sure would like it to be really swell
>
> I need some swellness, let me tell you
Probably more fucking software. Civil engineering and useful shit is passé. We should be mining tethered asteroids.
Mr. Bloody Lemonade !0JqexkOGBc joined in and replied with this 1 month ago, 8 hours later, 12 hours after the original post[^] [v] #1,452,172
What about ITER in France? Construction started in 2013 and is expected to be completed by 2034 with a cost of up to 65 billion euros.https://www.iter.org/fusion-energy/what-will-iter-do
The idea is that they won’t be able to generate electricity with this but they can experiment with fusion to think about ways to make electricity with it in another mega project in the future after this one. Since most of the Earth is covered in water, the idea is if we could make electricity from fusion we could produce huge amounts clean energy without using fossil fuel basically forever. It would also have implications for space travel… if you could miniaturize it. Probably won’t happen before 2100.
Mr. Bloody Lemonade !0JqexkOGBc double-posted this 1 month ago, 1 minute later, 12 hours after the original post[^] [v] #1,452,173
Ignore the part at the bottom where it says "60 years of progress." They just had this idea yesterday, they haven’t been trying and failing to generate electricity with fusion for 60 years.
Mr. Bloody Lemonade !0JqexkOGBc triple-posted this 1 month ago, 1 minute later, 12 hours after the original post[^] [v] #1,452,174
Also we have 4 planets made out of hydrogen. It would last a while. At least a year, probably.
Mr. Bloody Lemonade !0JqexkOGBc quadruple-posted this 1 month ago, 1 minute later, 12 hours after the original post[^] [v] #1,452,175
I wonder what aliens think about the fact we’ve been failing to generate electricity from hydrogen for 60 years and have been dying over dinosaur juice wars when we have 4 planets made from hydrogen. Aliens must think we’re stupid, and they’re probably right.
Anonymous D joined in and replied with this 1 month ago, 9 minutes later, 13 hours after the original post[^] [v] #1,452,177
AI-based climate modification
i.e. data centers
i.e. data centers
Live&Lemon joined in and replied with this 1 month ago, 3 hours later, 17 hours after the original post[^] [v] #1,452,209
Live&Lemon double-posted this 1 month ago, 1 minute later, 17 hours after the original post[^] [v] #1,452,211
The human brain has pretty amazing power efficiency. No matter how powerful computers are, it’s kind of impossible to argue that any computer comes close in terms of processing power per watt to biology. And the signals travel so much slower in the human brain, but the amount of computation the human brain does even with signals traveling that slow and power requirements that low is really amazing.
Live&Lemon triple-posted this 1 month ago, 2 minutes later, 17 hours after the original post[^] [v] #1,452,212
And of course, 80 billion neurons doesn’t sound like a lot, but when you start counting connections between neurons it’s like 1,000x the number of stars in the galaxy.
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nope replied with this 1 month ago, 1 hour later, 18 hours after the original post[^] [v] #1,452,217
@1,452,211 (Live&Lemon)
1. It takes 18 years for a human to reach adulthood, and many more years to get higher education. This is much more intensive than an AI model that can be trained once and copied an infinite number of times immediately and for near-zero cost.
2. The human brain will spend more time and energy to generate an essay than a comparable model would. Especially if you consider the environmental costs of the human diet.
1. It takes 18 years for a human to reach adulthood, and many more years to get higher education. This is much more intensive than an AI model that can be trained once and copied an infinite number of times immediately and for near-zero cost.
2. The human brain will spend more time and energy to generate an essay than a comparable model would. Especially if you consider the environmental costs of the human diet.