Energy as the final boss for the singularity
The guest argued that energy supply is the ultimate constraint preventing an AI-driven 'singularity' or age of abundance, as the compute required would demand orders of magnitude more power than currently planned.
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The guest argued that energy will become the unavoidable, singular bottleneck for AI's growth, as compute demand will outstrip all current and future energy supplies, including fusion.
The guest argued that energy supply is the ultimate constraint preventing an AI-driven 'singularity' or age of abundance, as the compute required would demand orders of magnitude more power than currently planned.