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I think we're going to live in a Utopia where we coexist with AI machine technology to handle the needs of humanity.

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I describe myself as a little dose of toxic masculinity.

Jumpin said:

I think we're going to live in a Utopia where we coexist with AI machine technology to handle the needs of humanity.

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 😀 Terminator sure is utopian. I would love to see it in my lifetime but have you seen the end of Interstellar, if we got AGI/ASI I think we could get to that level of technology in a very short span of time, like decades. 



What about a great reset people. Is it time to simply reset the entire global financial system, maybe just go full crypto. Is it even possible. 🤔



The most depraved in society are the ones with the most deadly weapons. Nuclear weapons will be the end of us in the not too far future... (I don't like thinking about the future lol.)



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We are at the early stages of a global boom in solar power:

Global solar growth is beating industry projections

Global solar installations are set to beat most industry forecasts, with 593 gigawatts (GW) expected to be added by the end of 2024, according to a new report by energy think tank Ember.

This is a 29% increase compared to the previous year, maintaining strong growth following an estimated 87% surge in 2023. 

“Yet again, solar power is growing faster than people expected, as it establishes itself as the cheapest source of electricity globally,” said Euan Graham, electricity data analyst at Ember.

Ember’s analysis also finds that solar capacity additions in 2024 will likely surpass the entire global increase – 540 GW – in coal power capacity since 2010. 

Who’s leading the solar growth

China, the US, India, Germany, and Brazil will account for 75% of global solar additions in 2024, according to Ember’s estimates. 

China continues to dominate in global solar capacity installations. In the first seven months of the year, it was up by 28% year-over-year. At this pace, China is expected to install 334 GW of solar capacity, making up 56% of global capacity additions for 2024. 

https://electrek.co/2024/09/19/global-solar-growth-is-on-track-for-another-record-breaking-year/



BFR said:

We are at the early stages of a global boom in solar power:

Global solar growth is beating industry projections

Global solar installations are set to beat most industry forecasts, with 593 gigawatts (GW) expected to be added by the end of 2024, according to a new report by energy think tank Ember.

This is a 29% increase compared to the previous year, maintaining strong growth following an estimated 87% surge in 2023. 

“Yet again, solar power is growing faster than people expected, as it establishes itself as the cheapest source of electricity globally,” said Euan Graham, electricity data analyst at Ember.

Ember’s analysis also finds that solar capacity additions in 2024 will likely surpass the entire global increase – 540 GW – in coal power capacity since 2010. 

Who’s leading the solar growth

China, the US, India, Germany, and Brazil will account for 75% of global solar additions in 2024, according to Ember’s estimates. 

China continues to dominate in global solar capacity installations. In the first seven months of the year, it was up by 28% year-over-year. At this pace, China is expected to install 334 GW of solar capacity, making up 56% of global capacity additions for 2024. 

https://electrek.co/2024/09/19/global-solar-growth-is-on-track-for-another-record-breaking-year/

That's pretty epic. I seen something recently that if you covered a relatively small part of the US in Texas preferably you'd be able to power the whole country with current tech but that patch needed is getting smaller every year. Really cool but it's the batteries and storage that are the problem. Seen some cool ideas for power plants designed to hold renewable energy but there's nothing that's a proper solution.

Now, Nuclear. God I wish the powers that be would put some trust back in it and the new safer designs. 



LegitHyperbole said:
BFR said:

We are at the early stages of a global boom in solar power:

Global solar growth is beating industry projections

Global solar installations are set to beat most industry forecasts, with 593 gigawatts (GW) expected to be added by the end of 2024, according to a new report by energy think tank Ember.

This is a 29% increase compared to the previous year, maintaining strong growth following an estimated 87% surge in 2023. 

“Yet again, solar power is growing faster than people expected, as it establishes itself as the cheapest source of electricity globally,” said Euan Graham, electricity data analyst at Ember.

Ember’s analysis also finds that solar capacity additions in 2024 will likely surpass the entire global increase – 540 GW – in coal power capacity since 2010. 

Who’s leading the solar growth

China, the US, India, Germany, and Brazil will account for 75% of global solar additions in 2024, according to Ember’s estimates. 

China continues to dominate in global solar capacity installations. In the first seven months of the year, it was up by 28% year-over-year. At this pace, China is expected to install 334 GW of solar capacity, making up 56% of global capacity additions for 2024. 

https://electrek.co/2024/09/19/global-solar-growth-is-on-track-for-another-record-breaking-year/

That's pretty epic. I seen something recently that if you covered a relatively small part of the US in Texas preferably you'd be able to power the whole country with current tech but that patch needed is getting smaller every year. Really cool but it's the batteries and storage that are the problem. Seen some cool ideas for power plants designed to hold renewable energy but there's nothing that's a proper solution.

Now, Nuclear. God I wish the powers that be would put some trust back in it and the new safer designs. 

An American company looking to mass manufacture miniature modular nuclear reactors. Cheap, safe, and clean.

They're designed in a manner so that the reactor literally can't melt down.



EricHiggin said:
LegitHyperbole said:

That's pretty epic. I seen something recently that if you covered a relatively small part of the US in Texas preferably you'd be able to power the whole country with current tech but that patch needed is getting smaller every year. Really cool but it's the batteries and storage that are the problem. Seen some cool ideas for power plants designed to hold renewable energy but there's nothing that's a proper solution.

Now, Nuclear. God I wish the powers that be would put some trust back in it and the new safer designs. 

An American company looking to mass manufacture miniature modular nuclear reactors. Cheap, safe, and clean.

They're designed in a manner so that the reactor literally can't melt down.

What about Fusion? i know, i know, it's always 20 years away lol



LegitHyperbole said:

A Utopia? A techno dystopia? A return to isolationist nations? Post apocalypse? More of the same with a different coat of paint?

Both in the near term, next five to ten years. And long term, after a decade or so. What do you think the world will look like in as much detail or as little as you'd like to go into.

I wonder how people are gauging things or if it's of thought at all.

Within 10 years there will be AGI (Artificial general intelligence), that can make redundant large amounts of the workforce.
Ironically I think, the physical jobs, that demand humans do x actions, will be the last to go.
I could see a lot of desk jobs, go.  Like if you work in front of a computer all day, your job is at risk imo.

I don't think brick layers and plumbers ect...., will get replaced by robots/AGI first.
It will be the computer/desk jobs, that a AI can do, at near or better than typical humans will be able to.
Which will likely be sometime within the next 10 years.

Within 100 years, or maybe even just 50years time,... it could be every job.
There could be robot cleaners, plumbers, brick layers too (think "I, Robot" type models, that just do all the work).

Society will need to adapt / change for something like this.

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