#fusion

iter@societas.online
anonymiss@despora.de

Sam #Altman Says #AI Using Too Much #Energy, Will Require #Breakthrough Energy Source

source: https://futurism.com/sam-altman-energy-breakthrough

"There's no way to get there without a breakthrough," Altman told audiences, as quoted by Reuters. "It motivates us to go invest more in #fusion," adding that we need better ways to store energy from #solar #power.

Of course, there is no reason to save energy, especially as the only way to improve AI models with today's technology is to throw more and more hardware at them. Some invention in the future will save us until then we will continue to heat up the planet.

#climate #future #humanity #technology #capitalism #earth #economy #politics #news

gring@diasp.org

A Door

The photo above from 1979 shows a Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory employee opening what was thought to be the world’s heaviest hinged door. It was 44 tonnes with a thickness of 2.5 meters and width of 3.6 meters. A special bearing in the hinge allowed a single person to open or close the concrete-filled door.

#photography #fusion #neutrons #door

However, according to the Guinness World of Records, the world’s heaviest door is in fact the radiation shield door in the National Institute for Fusion Science in Japan. It weighs 720 tonnes, is 11.73 m high, 11.4 m wide and 2m thick.

mark_wollschlager@diaspora.glasswings.com

Saw the Shakti 50th anniversary tour show at Wolf Trap last night.
Wow,what a treat. An amazing display of virtuosity.
Probably one of the best performances I have seen this year.
John McLaughlin Zakir Hussain , Shankar Mahadevan, violinist Ganesh Rajagopalan and percussionist Selvaganesh Vinayakram.
#music #fusion #Shakti