rav3n@ttrpg.network to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world · 18 hours agoWhen do you think we'll be able to harness nuclear fusion as a viable source of energy?message-squaremessage-square28fedilinkarrow-up121arrow-down12
arrow-up119arrow-down1message-squareWhen do you think we'll be able to harness nuclear fusion as a viable source of energy?rav3n@ttrpg.network to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world · 18 hours agomessage-square28fedilink
minus-squarequediuspayu@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·16 hours agoIf they’d put as much money on it as they’re throwing away on LLMs, yesterday.
minus-squareTar_Alcaran@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up1·7 hours agoThat’s not even a joke. The most pessimistic cost for ITER, the first real fusion reactor, is 65 billion dollars in total. In the last two years, we (people) have spent over 600 billion dollars on LLM shit. Mostly datacenters and GPUs.
If they’d put as much money on it as they’re throwing away on LLMs, yesterday.
That’s not even a joke.
The most pessimistic cost for ITER, the first real fusion reactor, is 65 billion dollars in total.
In the last two years, we (people) have spent over 600 billion dollars on LLM shit. Mostly datacenters and GPUs.