Optimization may eliminate need to tile the world with data centers or massive energy buildout

Optimization may eliminate need to tile the world with data centers or massive energy buildout | I'll make a prediction that the optimization we're doing which is 1000x in 16 months is going to keep going to in such a way that we may not need to tile the world with data centers or energy.

I'll make a prediction that the optimization we're doing which is 1000x in 16 months is going to keep going to in such a way that we may not need to tile the world with data centers or energy.

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  "context": "Can I make a radical um heretical uh comment here? Um I'll make a prediction that the optimization we're doing which is 1000x in 16 months is going to keep going to in such a way that we may not need to tile the world with data centers or energy.",
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