Which scientific discovery or technological advancement do you hope to see in your lifetime? (lemmy.world)

submitted 7 months ago by merari42@lemmy.world to c/asklemmy@lemmy.world

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For me it's Open Source AGI not controlled by the enshittifying power of capital

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[-] Feathercrown@lemmy.world 1 points 7 months ago

The next major goal is still overall energy-positive output, right? We've only breached the threshold of output > input naively, without considering any external energy costs. I hope we get there though, it would be very neat!

[-] gregorum@lemm.ee 1 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

Oh, no, we’ve managed net positive! That was the most critical achievement, and we finally did it last year! Not a whole lot, but we have. The problems we’re encountering now is dealing with the massive heat produced. But we just hit a new milestone in dealing with that, too!

Progress is being made, and that’s (the heat) is one of the biggest factors now in scaling up. But it’s an achievable goal. The more heat we can handle during the reaction, the bigger reactors we can build.

[-] Feathercrown@lemmy.world 2 points 7 months ago

We did?? I thought it was just net energy gain from the impulse itself!

[-] gregorum@lemm.ee 3 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

yeah, over a year ago

https://www.cnbc.com/2022/12/13/nuclear-fusion-passes-major-milestone-net-energy.html

it's been replicated twice since then

[-] Feathercrown@lemmy.world 2 points 7 months ago

Wooooo yeah let's gooo

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