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> Some people think artificial intelligence will be the most important technology of the 21st century. I don’t, I think a workable fusion reactor will be the most important technology of the 21st century.
What makes you think we'll have fusion reactors in the 21st century?
Whether it works or not is of course another matter.
If only there was like, some sort of intelligence, to help with that..
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The same way you assess results in a programming language you have used before. In a more complicated project that might mean test suites. For a simple project (e.g. a Bash script) you might just run it and see if it does what you expect.
The way I assess results in a familiar programming language is by reviewing and reasoning through the code. Testing is necessary, but not sufficient by any means.
Why this is inherently different?
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What makes you think we'll have fusion reactors in the 21st century?
ITER apparently fires up in 2039.
Setting a date for when one opens is just a pipe dream, they don't know how to get there yet.
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What makes you think we'll have fusion reactors in the 21st century?
Helion has one under construction https://www.reuters.com/business/energy/helion-energy-starts... Whether it works or not is of course another matter.
Article is behind paywall and is simply saying the same things that people have been saying about the post tech crash. Now, what this sort of article tends to miss (and I will never know because it’s paywalled like a jackass) is that these models services are used by everyday people for every day tasks. Doesn’t matter if they’re good or not. It enables them to do less work for the same pay. Don’t focus on the money t…
A handful of the largest companies cyclically investing and buying from each other is propping up the entire economy. Also stuff like Deepseek and other open source models exist. Unless AGI comes from LLMs (it absolutely won't) then its foolish to think there wont be a bubble
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> This friend told me she can't work without ChatGPT anymore. This isn't a sign that ChatGPT has value as much as it is a sign that this person's work doesn't have value.
What kind of logic is this? ChatGPT automates much of my friend's work at PwC making her more productive --> not a sign that ChatGPT has any value Farming machines automated much of what a farmer used to have to do by himself making him more productive --> not a sign that farming machines have any value
The output of PwC -- whoops, here goes any chance of me working there -- is presentations and reports.
“We’re entering a bold new chapter driven by sharper thinking, deeper expertise and an unwavering focus on what’s next. We’re not here just to help clients keep pace, we’re here to bring them to the leading edge.”
That's on the front page of their website, describing what PwC does.
Now, what did PwC used to do? Accounting and auditing. Worthwhile things, but adjuncts to running a business properly, rather than producing goods and services.
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TQQQ exists. There is a liquid market of TQQQ puts.
I'm trying to get out ahead of that and find an indicator that says it's about to collapse.
You can sometimes tell when the collapse has started from the headlines though - stuff like top stocks down 30%, layoffs announced. Which may sound too late but with the dotcoms things kept going down for another couple of years after that.
> Some people think artificial intelligence will be the most important technology of the 21st century. I don’t, I think a workable fusion reactor will be the most important technology of the 21st century.
Time travel will be the most important invention of the 21st century ;)