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We could have had a space elevator by now.

We could have had non-carbon energy independence by now.

But the AI fanatics claimed that AI would solve cold fusion, making that whole thing moot.

The only problem is, if AI doesn’t solve cold fusion, we’re back to square one. And a few trillion dollars in the hole.

If we're counting, the USA was already pretty deep in the hole. Anybody that has experienced crippling debt understands there's a point of no return where you just embrace it.

And that point is right before rock bottom.

Government debt is different - mostly gets inflated away.

There’s a joke that in a couple of years, after spending trillions of dollars, burning mountains of coal to run country-sized datacenters and boiling all the oceans, we finally achieve AGI.

Then the first question we ask it is: 'How do we fix climate change?' And it answers: 'you can start by unplugging me'

China is working on this.

How much has china invested in GPU buildout?

China is actually working to make China better for the inhabitants of China.

The US is working to keep the oligarchs happy.

Or free education and universal healthcare and a better society. I would even take someone reanimating dinosaurs like jurassic park over this.

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