• Astroturfed@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    The human body produces a lot of electrical impulses. What if they just took all their workers and put them in some type of “work pod” and harnessed the energy to run the large scale AI?

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      They might get bored though. Maybe hook them up to some kind of virtual reality world.

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        1 year ago

        Yes, and they could just live in the virtual reality so they never have to stop providing power. It’d be perfect

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          1 year ago

          Imagine spending chunks of time in there hooked up to a device set to lose weight. Essentially just setting your intake to -300 calories a day and spending a month in there.

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            Essentially just setting your intake to -300 calories a day and spending a month in there.

            It’s called meth.

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      1 year ago

      This is what happens when you don’t teach your kids the Laws of Thermodynamics in school…