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Loduz_247@lemmy.world 1 week agoAs for OpenAI and Microsoft, they’re betting on energy with a company called Helion Energy. They say they’ll have it ready by 2028. Whether they’ll achieve that? We’ll see.
Almacca@aussie.zone 1 week ago
I looked that up and it’s a fusion reactor, apparently, from what I can figure out from their nigh-illegible website.
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It skips the steam cycle. That’s fucking cool. I really hope they get it working.
eleitl@lemm.ee 1 week ago
They won’t.
Almacca@aussie.zone 1 week ago
Care to elaborate?
vrighter@discuss.tchncs.de 1 week ago
there’s lots of handwavy things. They even said they “discovered new physics” to explain some disappointing (perfectly predictable, by other established nuclear physicists) results. “Oh the physics equation was wrong, we just need to make everything 25% bigger”.
Also, the emitted radiation levels will be insane once it’s scaled up
FippleStone@aussie.zone 1 week ago
No.