Intelligence harnessing up to 1 millionth of sun's energy possible

Intelligence harnessing up to 1 millionth of sun's energy possible | you could certainly imagine a situation where we let's say let's say a million times more energy is harnessed uh than all of Earth's current electricity usage. That would still only be a roughly a millionth of the sun's energy output.

you could certainly imagine a situation where we let's say let's say a million times more energy is harnessed uh than all of Earth's current electricity usage. That would still only be a roughly a millionth of the sun's energy output.

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  "context": "a million times more energy is harnessed than all of Earth's current electricity usage. That would still only be a roughly a millionth of the sun's energy output.",
  "verbatim": "you could certainly imagine a situation where we let's say let's say a million times more energy is harnessed uh than all of Earth's current electricity usage. That would still only be a roughly a millionth of the sun's energy output.",
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