rmijic

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rmijicon Mercurial Dyson – a plan for the disassembly of planet Mercury

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rmijicon Mercurial Dyson – a plan for the disassembly of planet Mercury

That video is describing the generic concept of building a Dyson sphere from Mercury but lacks a proper account of waste heat removal and energy. It also lacks a specific timeline.

rmijicon Mercurial Dyson – a plan for the disassembly of planet Mercury

Author here: just noting that this is a first-draft and still evolving.

Also, it is LLM output and I have updated the readme to show that. But I didn't just ask an LLM to one-shot this. It was a process of iteratively throwing ideas at it, doing calculations, and getting other LLMs to critique. Probably ~100-200 calls to top of the line consumer reasoning models went into this so far.

rmijicon Mercurial Dyson – a plan for the disassembly of planet Mercury

I have plenty of long-form content on my blog at transhumanaxiology Less Wrong profile roko and X/rokomijic

rmijicon Mercurial Dyson – a plan for the disassembly of planet Mercury

Actually, it is LLM output and I have updated the readme to show that. But I didn't just ask an LLM to one-shot this. It was a process of iteratively throwing ideas at it, doing calculations, and getting other LLMs to critique. Probably ~100-200 calls to top of the line consumer reasoning models went into this so far.

rmijicon Mercurial Dyson – a plan for the disassembly of planet Mercury

The whole reason for this project is to show that a few years is in fact realistic.

rmijicon Ask HN: The best way to put technical skills to the greater good?

http://lesswrong.com/lw/1hn/call_for_new_siai_visiting_fello...

"At bottom, we’re looking for anyone who:

    * Is capable (strong ability to get things done);
    * Seriously aspires to rationality; and
    * Is passionate about reducing existential risk.
"

rmijicon Review our webapp- The Uncertain Future (future world modeling)

"What if I don't care about AI?"

- maybe making AI explicit in the title would be good.